Khizr and Ghazala Khan: Difference between revisions

Their middle child, Humayun, attended the University of Virginia, where he became a cadet in their [[Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps|Army ROTC]] program. Upon graduating in 2000, he was commissioned in the [[United States Army|Army]] as a way to earn money for law school and because, according to Khizr, Humayun "felt that ROTC had completed him as a person, and he wanted to give back."<ref name=wapo22march2005/><ref>{{cite web|work=UVA Top News Daily|title=U.Va.'s ROTC Divisions Pay Tribute to Fallen Comrade|date=September 24, 2004|last=Kelly|first=Matt|url=http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/09_24_2004/khan.html|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917020122/http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/09_24_2004/khan.html|archivedate=September 17, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> He rose to the rank of [[Captain (United States)|captain]] and served in Iraq during the [[Iraq War]]. In 2004, Humayun was killed in [[Baqubah]], Iraq, in an explosion. He was inspecting a guard post when he saw a suspicious vehicle approaching. Ordering his subordinates to stay back, he stepped forward to engage. The car was later determined to have been carrying more than 200 pounds of explosives, and when it detonated he was killed along with the two [[suicide attack]]ers.<ref name="nytimes29july2016"/><ref name=sfchronicle27july2016/><ref name="wapo22march2005">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/homefront/khan_article.html |title=Looking for Logic Amid the Pain: Grieving Father Struggles to Understand |last=McCrummen |first=Stephanie |date=March 22, 2005 |newspaper=Washington Post |archive-url=https://archive.is/20160811135332/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/specials/homefront/khan_article.html |archive-date=August 11, 2016 |deadurl=yes |df= }} (reposted July 28, 2016 as [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/khizr-khans-loss-a-grieving-father-of-a-soldier-struggles-to-understand/2016/07/28/18e8139a-552d-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html "Khizr Khan's loss: A grieving father of a soldier struggles to understand"] (archived [https://archive.is/20160731022538/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/khizr-khans-loss-a-grieving-father-of-a-soldier-struggles-to-understand/2016/07/28/18e8139a-552d-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html July 31, 2016]))</ref> He was posthumously awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal]] and [[Purple Heart]]<ref name=nytimes29july2016/> and is interred at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref name="nytimes5august2016"/>