February 14, 2011 – 6:22 am
Colonel (Ret.) Robert F. “Jack” Cunningham, a Soldier and beloved husband and father, passed away peacefully on Feb. 2, 2011 in Puyallup, WA. He was 89 years old.
Jack was a resident of Du Pont, WA for almost three years, lived over 40 years in Monterey, CA, and will be buried with family in attendance at [...]
January 6, 2011 – 12:25 pm
SGT Eric M. Nettleton from Wichita, KS was killed in action on 05 January 2011 near Tarin Kwot, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
SGT Nettleton was assigned to B Company, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Rose Barracks, Germany. A memorial ceremony has been scheduled for 12 January 2011 at 1000 hours in the Rose Barracks Cavalry [...]
December 21, 2010 – 8:18 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Conrado D. Javier Jr., 19, of Marina, Calif., died Dec. 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd [...]
December 14, 2010 – 6:15 am
From the Boston Globe
Ayube, 25, graduated from Salem High School in 2003 and earned his degree in sociology from Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. An Army combat medic, he was assigned to the Third Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany. Ayube died Dec. 8 in Balkh province, Afghanistan, after a suicide [...]
December 9, 2010 – 10:40 am
SGT James A. Ayube of Salem, MA, assigned to Company H, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany, was killed in action 08 December 2010 near Chehel, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
December 9, 2010 – 10:39 am
SPC Kelly J. Mixon, Yullee, FL, assigned to Company H, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Rose Barracks, Vilseck, Germany, was killed in action 08 December 2010 near Chehel, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
December 3, 2010 – 9:37 am
By Amy Sherrill
TIMES RECORD • ASHERRILL@SWTIMES.COM
Sgt. David “Scott” Robinson’s life dream was to be in the Army.
His grandfather served as a sharpshooter in World War I, so Robinson naturally went into the artillery field when he joined the Army in 2004, said his sister, Amber Griffin, 24, of Fort Smith.
Robinson, 25, formerly of Fort Smith, [...]
November 23, 2010 – 9:11 am
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
SGT. David S. Robinson, 25, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Nov. 20 in Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related accident. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
For more [...]