Combat Fatality
The Department of Defense announced the death of a 2nd BCT soldier.
Sgt. 1st Class Todd C. Gibbs, of the 1-506th, was killed in Khalidiyah on 12.7.2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was on a dismounted patrol. Sgt 1st Class Gibbs, of Angelina, TX, was 37 years old. According to the Lufkin Daily News, TX, he was a 13-year veteran of the Army, and saw combat in the early 1990s as part of the United Nations peace-keeping force that was sent to Macedonia. He was married and the father of two children.
The article indicates that Sgt. Gibbs was in the same platoon as Staff Sgt. Kyle A. Eggers, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Habbaniyah on 12.5.2004. Sgt. 1st Class Gibbs was the 7th soldier of the 1-506th, and the 44th 2nd BCT serviceman, killed in Iraq while serving our country. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family.
Sgt. 1st Class Todd C. Gibbs, of the 1-506th, was killed in Khalidiyah on 12.7.2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was on a dismounted patrol. Sgt 1st Class Gibbs, of Angelina, TX, was 37 years old. According to the Lufkin Daily News, TX, he was a 13-year veteran of the Army, and saw combat in the early 1990s as part of the United Nations peace-keeping force that was sent to Macedonia. He was married and the father of two children.
The article indicates that Sgt. Gibbs was in the same platoon as Staff Sgt. Kyle A. Eggers, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Habbaniyah on 12.5.2004. Sgt. 1st Class Gibbs was the 7th soldier of the 1-506th, and the 44th 2nd BCT serviceman, killed in Iraq while serving our country. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family.
posted by Ryan Kirk @ 5:36 PM
1 Comments:
At 12:01 PM,
Anonymous said…
Per the Seattle Weekly Newspaper:
1,272th to die, Dec. 4, 2004–Army Staff Sgt. Kyle A. Eggers, 27, of Yakima, was killed near Al Habbaniyah, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. Eggers, born in Nebraska and raised in Texas, was the father of three children and the son-in-law of Yakima City Council member Susan Whitman. A prep cross-country runner, he joined the Army just after graduation from high school in Texas and had served with the Army for nine years. His widow, Jennifer, is a reserve officer with the Yakima Fire Department. "He was an exceptionally fine human being, a nice guy, and great soldier," said James Reddick, spokesman for the Army's Yakima Training Center, where Eggers had once been posted. Family friend Suzanne Hendrickson said his family was "very supportive of his desire to serve his country. They were proud of him."
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