Combat Fatalities
The Department of Defense announced the death of two 2nd BCT soldiers.
Staff Sgt. Marvin L. Trost and Spc. Edwin W. Roodhouse, of the 1-506th, were killed in Habbaniyah on 12.5.2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee.
Staff Sgt. Trost, of Goshen, IN, was 28 years old. According to the Elkhart County Truth, IN, Indianapolis Star, and WNDU News, IN, Staff Sgt. Trost had previously served in Iraq, taking part in the original invasion with the 3rd ID. He was able to return home for R&R last month around Thanksgiving. He was married with three children. Staff Sgt. Trost's funeral will be held on 12.13.2004.
Spc. Roodhouse, of San Jose, CA, was 36 years old. According to the McMinnville News-Register, OR, and San Jose Mercury-News he had been a computer networking engineer in Silicon Valley before joining the Army two years ago. He twice requested redeployment to Iraq, first accepting a position in an unspecified 2nd ID battalion headquarters, then accepting a position in the 1-506th. Spc. Roodhouse's younger brother is presently deployed with the U.S. Navy.
Staff Sgt. Trost and Spc. Roodhouse are the 8th and 9th soldiers of the 1-506th, and the 46th and 47th 2nd BCT servicemen, to lose their lives in Iraq serving our country. Our hearts go out to their families.
Staff Sgt. Marvin L. Trost and Spc. Edwin W. Roodhouse, of the 1-506th, were killed in Habbaniyah on 12.5.2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee.
Staff Sgt. Trost, of Goshen, IN, was 28 years old. According to the Elkhart County Truth, IN, Indianapolis Star, and WNDU News, IN, Staff Sgt. Trost had previously served in Iraq, taking part in the original invasion with the 3rd ID. He was able to return home for R&R last month around Thanksgiving. He was married with three children. Staff Sgt. Trost's funeral will be held on 12.13.2004.
Spc. Roodhouse, of San Jose, CA, was 36 years old. According to the McMinnville News-Register, OR, and San Jose Mercury-News he had been a computer networking engineer in Silicon Valley before joining the Army two years ago. He twice requested redeployment to Iraq, first accepting a position in an unspecified 2nd ID battalion headquarters, then accepting a position in the 1-506th. Spc. Roodhouse's younger brother is presently deployed with the U.S. Navy.
Staff Sgt. Trost and Spc. Roodhouse are the 8th and 9th soldiers of the 1-506th, and the 46th and 47th 2nd BCT servicemen, to lose their lives in Iraq serving our country. Our hearts go out to their families.
posted by Ryan Kirk @ 1:35 PM
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