Sgt. David A. Mitts
The DoD has identified Sgt. David A. Mitts as the second soldier killed in Mosul on Saturday (see below). He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, WA.
Our thoughts and prayers are now with the loved ones he leaves behind. We will add any subsequent articles we find to this entry.
DoD Identifies Army Casualties - Official DoD Press Release
Fort Lewis soldier from Oregon killed in Iraq fighting - KGW News
Oregon soldier killed in Iraq - The Associated Press
Two Soldiers From Stryker Brigade Killed In Iraq - KIRO News
Three Soldiers With Ties To State Killed In Iraq Over Weekend - Seattle PI
Iraqi insurgents kill Oregon soldier in Mosul ambush - The Oregonian
Two Stryker soldiers killed Saturday in Iraq were dads-to-be - The News Tribune
Hammond man killed in Iraq - The Daily Astorian
Coastal Residents Mourn Loss Of Soldier - KATU News
'These Are The Bravest Men I've Ever Known' - KOMOTV News
Memorial recalls valor of those lost - The Olympian
Funeral held for Ore. soldier killed in Iraq - KGW TV
Warrenton soldier remembered - The Associated Press
Family, friends honor memory of Warrenton's Sgt. David Mitts - The Oregonian
Sgt. Mitts has been added to our Memorial Page.
Sgt. Mitts was featured in a number of photos (2 of them featured below) from the November 22 edition of The Olympia Observer, the Task Force Olympia newsletter.
Sgt. David Mitts (right), of Warrenton, Ore., provides overwatch for Spc. Aaron Thomas, of Phoenix, Ariz., during a combat patrol on the streets of Mosul November 14.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Fred Minnick)
With a Stryker vehicle in overwatch, Sgt. David Mitts, of Warrenton, Ore., patrols the streets of Mosul during an operation on November 14.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Fred Minnick)
