The Department of Defense has
disclosed the names of soldiers killed while supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom. The soldiers were killed on Nov. 15 when two 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault) UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters
crashed in Mosul, Iraq.
Killed were:
Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II, 25, of Louisville, Ky. Acklin
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. Ryan T. Baker, 24, of Brown Mills, N.J. Baker was
assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. William D. Dusenbery, 30, of Fairview Heights, Ill.
Dusenbery was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Sgt. Warren S. Hansen, 36, of Clintonville, Wis. Hansen was
assigned to the 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Spc. Eugene A. Uhl III, 21, of Amherst, Wis. Uhl was assigned
to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Pfc. Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle, 21, of Grand Forks, N.D. Hawk Eagle
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Chief Warrant Officer Erik C. Kesterson, 29, of Independence,
Ore.
Kesterson was assigned to the 9th Battalion, 101st Aviation
Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell,
Ky.
Spc. John R. Sullivan, 26, of Countryside, Ill. Sullivan was
assigned to the 626th Forward Support Battalion, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
2nd Lt. Jeremy L. Wolfe, 27, of Wis. Wolfe was assigned to the
4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
There are eight additional fatalities from this incident pending
next of kin notification. The incident is under investigation.
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