"Wershow was the first of the four Florida Army National Guard soldiers listed as KIA in Iraq and Afghanistan," Baysinger stated. "During the night of March 19 – two days before conventional forces mounted up to cross the berm for the invasion into Iraq – Company C assisted Special Forces with the border crossing," Baysinger said. And in a recently-cleared classified video, noted Baysinger, then-Spec. Wershow is seen planting an American and Florida State flag on the top of the berm as the forces began their speed run toward Baghdad. "By all accounts," the colonel said, "Jeffery Wershow was just that kind of kid. He was motivated and he motivated those around him. An All-American hero if ever there was one.