3 soldiers die from IED wounds

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3 soldiers die from IED wounds
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Feb 8, 2008 6:58:14 EST

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Two paratroopers based in North Carolina and a soldier based at Fort Drum, N.Y., died Tuesday from wounds they sustained in an explosion in Iraq, the Defense Department said Thursday. All were fatally injured while conducting combat operations near Al Muqdadiyah.

Sgt. John C. Osmolski, 23, of Eustis, Fla., was a combat engineer with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Special Troops Battalion in the 82nd Airborne. His company commander, Maj. James Downing, said Osmolski was a “premier sapper” and would have been a leader in the engineer world.

Spc. Miguel A. Baez III, 32, of Bonaire, Ga., was an assistant machine gunner with the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. His company’s first sergeant, Kevin Spooner, said Baez always volunteered to help.

Sgt. Timothy R. Van Orman, 24, of Port Matilda, Pa., was on his second tour in Iraq when he died. Assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y., he also served in Afghanistan.

Van Orman enlisted in 2003. He served in Afghanistan from August 2003 to May 2004 and in Iraq from August 2005 to July 2006. He left in September on his second deployment to Iraq.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/02/ap_3dead_080207/



uhc comment: As of this morning, 3,957 soldiers have died as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/oif/