Non-Combat death of Spc. Jeremiah C. Huges, of Jacksonville FL

Posted on: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:37 AM HST
Schofield soldier dies in Iraq
Star-Bulletin Staff citydesk@starbulletin.com
A 26-year-old from Schofield Barracks’ Stryker Brigade Combat Team soldier died yesterday in Iraq.

Spc. Jeremiah C. Hughes, of Jacksonville, Fla., died in Balad of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident in Abu Gharab, the Pentagon announced this morning.

The Defense Department announcement said the incident was being investigated. The Army did not provide other details.

Hughes joined the Army in July of 1999 and was assigned to Schofield Barracks in January 2000, according to Schofield.

He was the seventh soldier assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team to die in Iraq since it was sent there last December.

Hughes’ unit, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, has lost three other solders. On Feb. 8, Spc. Michael T. Manibog, Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt and Sgt. Gary D. Willett were killed in Taji when their Stryker vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

Since the war in Iraq started on March 19, 2003, 82 soldiers, four sailors, 80 Marines, two Air Force personnel and one civilian with Hawaii ties have died there.