North Carolina Soldier Among 17 Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Attack

Local Soldier Among 17 Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Attack
by Audrina Bigos
Oct 31, 2011
SHELBY, NC- A local family mourns the loss of U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Newman. The soldier from Shelby was one of 13 Americans and four others killed Saturday in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Newman was Shelby born and raised.
Newman graduated from Crest High School in 2004, leaving behind his younger brother, Brent Newman.
Brent thought his brother's 6’-6’’, 280 pound build made him invincible.
"I'm thinking, just that right there, he ain't getting killed," said Newman.
Brent's grandparents knocked on his door early Sunday morning to tell him his brother was dead.
Sgt. Newman was one of 13 Americans and four others killed on an armored Nato bus in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban suicide bomber rammed the bus with a car filled with explosives.
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From ICasualties.org

11/01/11 DoD: Army Casualties Idenitified (1 of 4)
Lt. Col. David E. Cabrera, 41, of Abilene, Texas, assigned to Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md...died Oct. 29, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

11/01/11 DoD: Army Casualties Idenitified (2 of 4)
Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Newman, 26, of Shelby, N.C., assigned to Medical Company A, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii...died Oct. 29, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

11/01/11 DoD: Army Casualties Idenitified (3 of 4)
Sgt. James M. Darrough, 38, of Austin, Texas, assigned to 101st Finance Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky...died Oct. 29, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

11/01/11 DoD: Army Casualties Idenitified (4 of 4)
Sgt. Carlo F. Eugenio, 29, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., assigned to 756th Transportation Company, 224th Sustainment Brigade, California Army National Guard, Van Nuys, Calif....died Oct. 29, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.