Rank: Specialist
Unit: C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard
MOS: 11B1O – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Overseas Service Ribbon
Badges: Combat Infantryman‘s Badge
Date of birth: 9-Jun-1978
Hometown: Biloxi, Mississippi
Marital status: Married to Amanda Campbell Barron. Two daughters; Jaden Barron and Hayley West.
Campaign: Iraq
Date of casualty: 23-May-2005
Age at death: 26
Cause of death: Hostile Death. Hostile Action.
Bryan Edward Arron was killed when his military vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Haswa, Iraq.
Four Mississippi Guardsmen were killed in this incident:
Spc. Bryan Edward Barron
Spc. Audrey Daron Lunsford
Staff Sgt. Saburant Parker
Sgt. Daniel Ryan Varnado
Location of fatality: Haswa, Iraq
Place of interment: Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
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