Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1987
Place of Birth: Neptune Township, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 06-Aug-2007
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan
- Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan (February 12, 1987 – August 6, 2007) was an American U.S.
- Army Specialist who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- He received the Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for his service.
- He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.The son of Feroze Khan of New Jersey and Elsheba Khan of Maryland, Khan was a 2005 graduate from Southern Regional High School in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township, New Jersey.
- Khan was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), based in Fort Lewis, Washington.
- According to the Gannett News Service, he was "spurred by the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center [and] wanted to show that not all Muslims were fanatics and that many, like him, were willing to lay their lives down for their country, America.
- He enlisted immediately after graduation and was sent to Iraq in July 2006." Khan and three other soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded while they were clearing a house.
- He was 20 years old.
- He was promoted posthumously to the rank of corporal. His service was cited during an October 2008 interview on Meet the Press with General Colin Powell.
- In particular, Powell referred to a photograph in The New Yorker which showed Khan's mother by his gravestone in Arlington National Cemetery.
- Powell said Khan's example refutes the anti-Muslim sentiment present in the Republican campaign during the 2008 U.S.
- Presidential election (q.v.), namely that being Muslim disqualifies a person from being a genuine, patriotic American, or that a Muslim could not become President.
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