Todd A. Singleton
Sergeant, United States Army
June 11, 1982 – April 8, 2007
Age – 24
Muskegon, MI
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, TX
Died of wounds received when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using improvised explosive devices and small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq
Sgt. Todd Andrew “Vinny” Singleton, age 24, was killed during active combat patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007. He was born June 11, 1982 in Muskegon, MI, He attended Reeths-Puffer Schools and was a 2000 high school graduate. He had been enlisted in the U.S. Army the past 5 years and was on his second deployment to Iraq. Among Todd’s favorite things, he liked to hang-out with his “peeps,” enjoyed drinking beer, bowling, and shooting pool. His two great loves were singing karaoke and taking a ride on his motorcycle, which he named “his baby.”
Friends remembered Todd as someone who was the life of the party and had a penchant for correcting their grammar. He was called ”Teacher Todd” and everyone thought he wanted to be a teacher. “Life is never going to be the same,” said his wife. “I don’t know where to begin. Whenever I think about him, my heart stops. He also loved to decorate cakes and bake alongside his wife in the kitchen. Neither of them liked to cook, but both loved to bake. Sometimes it was like: What do you want for dinner? A cake?” She baked, and he decorated because he was the creative one. They dreamed of opening an in-home bake shop one day.
Singleton loved karaoke and his taste in music ran primarily toward Motown, with a heavy emphasis on the Temptations.