Officer Rank: Staff Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 7-W -34
Department: U.S. Air Force, Security Forces Directorate
End of Watch: 01/22/2006
Cause: Terrorist-related incident
Age: 28
Length of Service: 8 Years
Staff Sergeant McElroy and Technical Sergeant Jason Norton were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) and exploded while they were on convoy-escort duties near Taji, Iraq.
