The military has identified the three Stryker brigade soldiers from Fort Lewis who were killed in action Sunday in Mosul, Iraq:
• Sgt. Benjamin C. Morton, 24, of Wright, Kansas, was shot by insurgents, the Defense Department said in a news release Tuesday.
• Lt. Aaron Seesan, 24, of Massillon, Ohio, died after a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee, the Pentagon said in a separate release.
• Spc. Tyler L. Creamean, 21, of Jacksonville, Ark., also died in the explosion that hit the Humvee.
The deaths bring to 31 the number of service members from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division – the Army’s second Stryker brigade – to be killed since its arrival in Iraq in October. Ninety-seven Washingtonians or service members from Washington bases have died in the war in Iraq. [...]
A memorial ceremony for the three soldiers has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Evergreen Chapel at Fort Lewis.
Latest brigade casualties ID’d
Link to Full ArticleBy Michael Gilbert, The News Tribune
The military has identified the three Stryker brigade soldiers from Fort Lewis who were killed in action Sunday in Mosul, Iraq:
• Sgt. Benjamin C. Morton, 24, of Wright, Kansas, was shot by insurgents, the Defense Department said in a news release Tuesday.
• Lt. Aaron Seesan, 24, of Massillon, Ohio, died after a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee, the Pentagon said in a separate release.
• Spc. Tyler L. Creamean, 21, of Jacksonville, Ark., also died in the explosion that hit the Humvee.
