Combat Fatalities
The Department of Defense announced the deaths of two 2nd BCT soldiers.
Staff Sgt. Thor H. Ingraham and Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer, of the 1-506th, were killed in Khalidiyah on 5.8.2005 "when they were conducting combat operations and an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV." SSG Ingraham, of Murrysville, PA, was 24 years old. Pfc Messmer was from Franklin, OH. He was 20 years old.
SSG Ingraham and Pfc Messmer were the 11th and 12th soldiers of the 1-506th, and the 77th and 78th 2nd BCT servicemen, to die in Iraq while serving our country. Our hearts go out to their families.
Staff Sgt. Thor H. Ingraham and Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer, of the 1-506th, were killed in Khalidiyah on 5.8.2005 "when they were conducting combat operations and an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV." SSG Ingraham, of Murrysville, PA, was 24 years old. Pfc Messmer was from Franklin, OH. He was 20 years old.
SSG Ingraham and Pfc Messmer were the 11th and 12th soldiers of the 1-506th, and the 77th and 78th 2nd BCT servicemen, to die in Iraq while serving our country. Our hearts go out to their families.
posted by Ryan Kirk @ 6:57 AM
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