IOWA FALLS, Iowa. Iowa’s first female to die in the Iraq conflict was buried Wednesday after hundreds of mourners packed a small church in her hometown of Iowa Falls to remember the sailor’s life.
Army Spc. Dampier was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colo. Dampier died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat patrol operations.
Army Pfc Clark was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. Clark was killed when the Humvee he was driving was struck by a homemade bomb during combat patrol operations. Eric attended Continue reading →
Staff Sergeant Vacho was a 1995 graduate of Ladysmith Wisconsin High School. In high school he was on the football team and the school newspaper staff. He also was a member of the civil air patrol. He attended Lake Superior Continue reading →
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric A. Palmisano, 27, of Florence, Wis.; assigned to 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died April 2 after the truck he was riding in rolled over in Continue reading →
As long as anyone can remember, Adam Vanalstine wanted to be a United States Marine. Last year, his dream came true. But it didn’t last long for the native of Superior’s East End. On Saturday, along a road in Ramadi, Continue reading →
Sgt. Andy A. Stevens, USMC, age 29 of Tomah, Wis., died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was born on Aug. 18, 1976, in Tomah, Wis., to Allen L. and Kaye (Kuester) Stevens. Andy was a Continue reading →
Hudson, Wisc. — Just a week before specialist Ben Smith died in combat, the number of American casualties in Iraq hit the 2000 mark. For Connie Piekarski, a retired school teacher in Hudson, those casualties have a new meaning.
An Army Reserve member who checked up on his fantasy baseball league via the Internet while serving in Iraq has died from injuries suffered in an explosion there. Sgt. 1st Class Continue reading →
Everyone who knew Andrew P. Wallace talked about his upbeat attitude, his love for his family and his passion for teaching. “If there would ever be a poster that needed to depict a soldier, Sgt. Wallace’s photo would be on Continue reading →