The Department of Defense announced the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Oct. 27, 2009 in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y. (Memorial # 62960878); Sgt. Fernando De La Rosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas. (Memorial # 62960877); Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind. (Memorial # 62960879); Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo. (Memorial # 62960880); Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, La. (Memorial # 62960882); Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, Ill. (Memorial # 62960881) and Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, Wash. (Memorial # 188113077 & 43658439).
This is a group burial for co-mingled remains, a cenotaph, for this group of individuals. This is not a duplicate memorial. Please see Jared's gravesite in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, IL. (Memorial # 43677405).
Please DO NOT delete or merge these memorials.
This is a group burial for co-mingled remains, a cenotaph, for this group of individuals. This is not a duplicate memorial. Please see Jared's gravesite in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, IL. (Memorial # 43677405).
Please DO NOT delete or merge these memorials.
The Department of Defense announced the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Oct. 27, 2009 in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y. (Memorial # 62960878); Sgt. Fernando De La Rosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas. (Memorial # 62960877); Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind. (Memorial # 62960879); Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo. (Memorial # 62960880); Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, La. (Memorial # 62960882); Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, Ill. (Memorial # 62960881) and Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, Wash. (Memorial # 188113077 & 43658439).
This is a group burial for co-mingled remains, a cenotaph, for this group of individuals. This is not a duplicate memorial. Please see Jared's gravesite in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, IL. (Memorial # 43677405).
Please DO NOT delete or merge these memorials.
This is a group burial for co-mingled remains, a cenotaph, for this group of individuals. This is not a duplicate memorial. Please see Jared's gravesite in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Alsip, IL. (Memorial # 43677405).
Please DO NOT delete or merge these memorials.
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UNITED STATES ARMY - KILLED IN ACTION - AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 27, 2009
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Final, co-mingled remains of seven soldiers killed by an IED during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan were interred 18 Nov 2010.
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