36 year old Chief Petty Officer Gregory Billiter of Villa Hills died in combat on April 6, 2007 near Kirkuk, Iraq.
Billiter was a 1987 graduate of Covington Latin where he played basketball and soccer. He graduated in 1991 from the University of Dayton with a degree in marketing.
He joined the Navy in 1992 and was a member of the Navy's Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, whose job it is to dismantle un-exploded bombs. Billiter was serving his third tour of duty in Iraq.
He left behind a wife and toddler son.
