The deaths just keep mounting up….the latest is in Iraq….
A 20-year-old soldier from Turlock died in Iraq on Wednesday in a noncombat-related incident, according to a Department of Defense news release.
The release identified the soldier as Spc. Avadon A. Chaves. The incident is under investigation, and his family declined to comment upon the circumstances of his death. Chaves was a specialist in the infantry. Chaves died at Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, according to the news release. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Read more here: http://www.modbee.com/news/local/turlock/article191255849.html
IST wishes the family well and may their loved one rest in peace.
RIP
Another sad loss, in another pointless foreign posting. Tragic indeed.
Best wishes, Pete.
`Agreed….he should have been with his family for Christmas instead of in Iraq…..chuq