This one really hurts just down the road at Fort Riley. One of "those" emails...
DOD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of five soldiers who were supporting Operation New Dawn.
They died June 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with indirect fire. They were assigned to the1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Killed were:
Spc. Emilio J. Campo Jr., 20, of Madelia, Minn.;
Spc. Michael B. Cook Jr., 27, of Middletown, Ohio;
Spc. Christopher B. Fishbeck, 24, of Victorville, Calif.;
Spc. Robert P. Hartwick, 20, of Rockbridge, Ohio; and
Pfc. Michael C. Olivieri, 26, Chicago, Ill.
For more information, the media may contact the 1st Infantry Division public affairs office at 785-240-6359 or 785-307-0641.
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Of course, I'm not the only one who feels the twinge when the email hits. So does Chuck Simmins:
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/06/ouch_2.html
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Jun 09 2011, 06:16 AM
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Filed under: Observations on things Military, GWOT Whatever it is..., In Memoriam, News from a forgotten war, Joshua Powell, Michael Cook Jr., Christopher Bell, Emilio Campo Jr., Michael Olivieri, Devin Snyder, Christopher Fishbeck, Robert Hartwick