Staff Sgt. McElroy was assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska when he was deployed to Iraq. While conducting convoy escort duties on the 22nd of January, 2006 in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq, his vehicle was struck by an IED. Both he and his partner, Tech. Sgt. Jason Norton, were fatally wounded in the explosion.
He is survived by his wife. He was 28.
He is survived by his wife. He was 28.