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Muslim UVA Alum Eulogized at DNC as Example of Patriotism
I hadn't known that he went to UVa until I read it this afternoon. Hat tip, JoeMyGod: Spox: Trump Won’t Meet With Father Of Slain Soldier Because He Doesn’t Like To Make Headlines {VIDEO}
Muslim UVA Alum Eulogized at DNC as Example of Patriotism
July 29, 2016 • Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu
The legacy of a Muslim University of Virginia graduate killed in the line of duty in Iraq became part of the national conversation after his father spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.
U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, the first member of UVA’s Army ROTC program to die in combat since the Vietnam War, was killed in June 2004 at the age of 27 when he attempted to stop two suicide bombers outside his base in Baquabah. He was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery and posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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Khan was from Bristow, Virginia, and had two brothers. He graduated from UVA in 2000 with a degree in psychology. He was a dedicated member of UVA’s ROTC program and was remembered for his service in two military ceremonies at UVA in 2004.
Speaking then, his father said his son made three major decisions in his life: to come to UVA, to join the ROTC program and then to join the U.S. Army. He said his son told him that if he did not return, to remember what he wrote in an application essay to UVA’s Hereford Residential College: that sacrifice is crucial to liberty and democracy.
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Media Contact
Jane Kelly
Media Relations Associate
University Communications/Vice Provost for Global Affairs
jak4g@virginia.edu • (434) 243-9935
July 29, 2016 • Jane Kelly, jak4g@virginia.edu
The legacy of a Muslim University of Virginia graduate killed in the line of duty in Iraq became part of the national conversation after his father spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.
U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, the first member of UVA’s Army ROTC program to die in combat since the Vietnam War, was killed in June 2004 at the age of 27 when he attempted to stop two suicide bombers outside his base in Baquabah. He was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery and posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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Khan was from Bristow, Virginia, and had two brothers. He graduated from UVA in 2000 with a degree in psychology. He was a dedicated member of UVA’s ROTC program and was remembered for his service in two military ceremonies at UVA in 2004.
Speaking then, his father said his son made three major decisions in his life: to come to UVA, to join the ROTC program and then to join the U.S. Army. He said his son told him that if he did not return, to remember what he wrote in an application essay to UVA’s Hereford Residential College: that sacrifice is crucial to liberty and democracy.
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Media Contact
Jane Kelly
Media Relations Associate
University Communications/Vice Provost for Global Affairs
jak4g@virginia.edu • (434) 243-9935
Khizr Khan
Khizr Khan is the father of Captain Humayun Khan who was one of 14 American Muslims who died serving the United States of America in the ten years after the September 11 attacks.
Khizr's son Captain Humayun Khan was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart for sacrificing himself to save his unit from a car bomb in Iraq.
Khizr works as a legal consultant in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is married to Ghazala Kahn. Khizr was born in Pakistan. In 1980, the Khan family moved from the United Arab Emirates to Boston, Massachusetts, for Khizr to attend a masters in law program at Harvard University. The family then moved to Maryland, where Humayun Khan went to high school.
Khizr Khan is the father of Captain Humayun Khan who was one of 14 American Muslims who died serving the United States of America in the ten years after the September 11 attacks.
Khizr's son Captain Humayun Khan was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart for sacrificing himself to save his unit from a car bomb in Iraq.
Khizr works as a legal consultant in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is married to Ghazala Kahn. Khizr was born in Pakistan. In 1980, the Khan family moved from the United Arab Emirates to Boston, Massachusetts, for Khizr to attend a masters in law program at Harvard University. The family then moved to Maryland, where Humayun Khan went to high school.
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