DoD Identifies Army Casualty #2180 (IED)

[UpInArms]

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060102-12254.html

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Vanderhorn, 37, of Pierce, Wash., died in As Sinia, Iraq, on Jan. 1, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations. Vanderhorn was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

For further information related to this release, contact Army Public Affairs at [phone]

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RIP Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Vanderhorn :(

Period	US	UK	Other*	Total	Avg	Days	
4 	743	13	18	774	2.3	337	
3 	579	25	27	631	2.92	216	
2 	718	27	58	803	1.89	424	
1 	140	33	0	173	4.02	43	
Total	2180	98	103	2381	2.33	1020

[Olney Blue]

1. My condolences to his family.

:cry:

How many more?

[deadparrot]

2. RIP.

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[0007]

3. Pile em high and then higher

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war and donate a son or daughter
The GOP working for a better America

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Welcome to the Desert of the Real

Mr. Vanderhorn has the misfortune of being the first dead GI of 2006.

I think we all know that he will not be the last.

[saigon68]

5. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMAPNZEE

"I hope Exxon's up in the market today", he continued.

[leftchick]

6. 2180 is just not enough for our freedoms

:(

[Judi Lynn]

7. Very, very sad. At 37, he left many friends and family behind.

R.I.P., S/Sgt. Vanderhorn.