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Thursday, October 29, 2009

8 killed in Afghanistan were from Fort Lewis


8 killed in Afghanistan were from Fort Lewis

The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 29, 2009 8:00:19 EDT

FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Fort Lewis has confirmed that eight soldiers who died in Afghanistan on Tuesday were assigned to a unit from the Army base near Tacoma, Wash.

Spokesman Joseph Piek said the soldiers were part of the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Infantry Division. He says seven were killed in an explosion of an improvised explosive device, while the eighth was killed in a separate attack, again using an IED.

The names of the soldiers have not yet been released.

The Defense Department also announced that an officer assigned to a military police unit based at Fort Lewis, 35-year-old Maj. David L. Audo, of St. Joseph, Ill., died Tuesday from a noncombat-related incident in Baghdad.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/ap_lewis_soldiers_killed_afghanistan_102809/

UPDATE
Army IDs 7 Ft. Lewis soldiers killed IED attack

Staff report
Posted : Thursday Oct 29, 2009 18:12:22 EDT

The Defense Department on Thursday identified the seven soldiers killed Oct. 27 in Arghandab Valley in southern Afghanistan when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device.

The attack on the soldiers from 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, of Fort Lewis, Wash., was one of two attacks in as many days, claiming the lives of 14 soldiers. On Oct. 26, seven soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan.

The soldiers killed in the IED attack were:



Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y.

Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas

Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind.

Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo.

Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, La.

Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, Ill

Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, Wash.



http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/10/army_IED_IDs_102909w/

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