Category Archives: Fiddler’s Green

In memory of our lost comrades.

1LT Daren Hidalgo

The family and friends of 1LT Daren Hidalgo have put together a very well done website in tribute to Lt. Hidalgo and his memory. Please take time to visit the website and reflect on how brave young men and women like this have given us the freedoms we enjoy through their sweat and blood.
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Joseph David (J.D.) King – September 21, 1918 – July 26, 2011

From obitsutah.com

Joseph David (J.D.) King
September 21, 1918 – July 26, 2011
It is with great sadness and respect that our family conveys the passing of a wonderful son, brother, husband and father, Joseph David King (known as J.D.), a former resident of Estes Park, CO but moved to Bountiful, UT in the Spring of 2004 to [...]

SSG David D. Self

By LTC David E. McCulley
I regret to inform you SSG David D. Self from Pearl, MS was killed in action on 16 May 2011 near Qalat, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
SSG Self was assigned to Engineer Troop, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Rose Barracks, Germany. A memorial ceremony has been scheduled for 23 May 2011 [...]

SPC Riley S. Spaulding

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Riley S. Spaulding, 21, of Sheridan, Texas, died May 4 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
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CPL Donald R. Mickler, Jr. – PFC Rudy A. Acosta

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died March 19 in the Shah Wali Kot District, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when they were allegedly shot with small arms fire by an individual from a military security group. The incident is under investigation. [...]

PFC Andrew M. Harper

PFC Andrew M. Harper of Maidsville, WV, died 11 March 2011 while conducting combat operations near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
PFC Harper was assigned to I Company, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Rose Barracks, Germany. A memorial ceremony has been scheduled for 17 March 2011 at 1000 hours in the Rose Barracks Cavalry Chapel. Please join us in honoring [...]

PFC Kalin C. Johnson

PFC Kalin C. Johnson of Lexington, SC died March 8, 2011 near Rangrizan, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident.
PFC Johnson was with Company G, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany. A memorial ceremony has been scheduled for 17 March 2011 at 1000 hours in the Rose Barracks Cavalry Chapel.

1LT Daren Miguel Hidalgo

1LT Daren M Hidalgo, 24, was Killed in Action February 20, 2011 while serving his country in Afghanistan. Daren attended Kettle Moraine Middle School and High School and was a member of the school band and wrestled there. He graduated from Pennsylvania’s Dallastown Area High School in 2005 where he was a championship [...]