In Memoriam

**Grace** · 10-25-2011, 11:18 PM

From ABC News - article about Kristoffer B. Domeij (post #1715)

14 deployments!!

**Grace** · 10-26-2011, 06:52 PM

21 October 2011

WASHINGTON (October 25, 2011)—Fort Hood

Pfc. Steven F. Shapiro, 29, of Hidden Valley Lake, Calif., died Friday in Tallil, Iraq, the military said Tuesday.

That’s the same day on which President Barack Obama announced that all U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by year’s end.

No details of the circumstances of the death were released.

Shapiro was assigned to Fort Hood’s 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

Shapiro joined the Army in March 2010 and deployed to Iraq earlier this year, Fort Hood said Tuesday.

**Grace** · 10-26-2011, 06:54 PM

24 October 2011

22-year-old US Marine Lance Corporal Jason N. Barfield, from Ashford, Alabama, died in Helmand province on 24th October 2011 during combat operations in the area.

L-Cpl. Barfield served with 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, based at Twentynine Palms, California. He joined the Marine Corps in January 2010. This was his first combat deployment to Afghanistan.

His personal service awards include the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the NATO-ISAF Medal.

**Grace** · 10-26-2011, 06:57 PM

23 October 2011

US Army Sergeant Edward Grace, serving with the Massachusetts National Guard in Afghanistan, died on 22nd October 2011 from an unknown medical condition at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

39-year-old Sgt. Grace had been flown to Walter Reed from Afghanistan, where he was serving with the 182nd Infantry Battalion, providing security for a provincial reconstruction team. He joined the National Guard in 2006 and deployed to Afghanistan in March this year for a 1-year mission.

Lt. Col. James Sahady, public affairs officer with the Massachusetts Army National Guard told the press that Sgt. Grace’s medical condition was not combat-related.

**Grace** · 10-26-2011, 07:03 PM

23 October 2011

FORT HOOD (October 25, 2011)—Fort Hood

Capt. Shawn P. T. Charles of Hickory, N.C. died Sunday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of what the Army said Tuesday was a non-combat-related illness.

Charles, 40, deployed to Iraq in August, Fort Hood said.
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Charles was assigned to Fort Hood’s 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.

He joined the Army in 2009, Fort Hood said, and his decorations included the Bronze Star Medal.

**Grace** · 10-27-2011, 11:25 PM

25 October 2011

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn.

Sgt. 1st Class David G. Robinson, 28, of Winthrop Harbor, Ill., died Oct. 25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Support Activity, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Article and picture from the Chicago Tribune.