101st Airborne loses 11 soldiers in one week

[Thom Little]

The 101st Airborne Division has taken a heavy hit in Iraqi combat with 11 deaths reported last week.

Five soldiers with the 101st were killed Saturday and five others were wounded in a pair of roadside bombings in northern Iraq. Those soldiers were on patrol near Bayji. They have not been identified.

On Thursday, the military identified four soldiers with the division who were killed near Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device went off near their Humvee.

Two other Fort Campbell soldiers were identified yesterday as dying in Iraq last week. Spc. Vernon R. Widner, 34, of Redlands, Calif., and Pfc. Anthony Alex Gaunky, 19, of Sparta, Wis., died from injuries suffered Thursday near Bayji, Iraq, Fort Campbell spokesman John Minton said.



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[Roland99]

1. Might explain why *'s approval in Ky is down to 41%

Damn...11.


:(

[JoZbean]

2. My cousin's son was in the 101st.

He lost his right leg near Mosul a year ago in August. He's home now. I frequent the *C/J* "Message Boards" and when the 2000th death occurred, I attempted to make a post with all 2000 names, in their honor. The local freepers might as well have spray painted graffiti all over it, they dishonored them so much.

With idiots like them in KY, (not all of them are from KY and I can't figure out why they come there if they're in the state) I wonder if anything ever changes.