Wednesday, January 30, 2008

20-year-old soldier killed in Iraq

Army Pfc. Brandon Meyer, 20, died Monday after ambush in Mosul.

By ELLYN PAK

THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Army Pfc. Brandon Abbott Meyer died Monday from wounds suffered during an insurgent attack in Iraq. Meyer lived in Orange, according to the Department of Defense.

Meyer and four other soldiers were ambushed by makeshift explosives and gunfire during a patrol Monday in Mosul. The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment Team, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson, Colo.

Meyer, who joined the Army in January 2007, was due to celebrate his 21st birthday Saturday.

Those who also died in the attack include:

Sgt. James E. Craig, 26, of Hollywood, Calif.

Staff Sgt. Gary W. Jeffries, 37, of Roscoe, Texas

Spc. Evan A. Marshall, 21, of Athens, Ga.

Pvt. Joshua A. R. Young, 21, of Riddle, Ore.



Contact the writer: 714-704-3788 or epak@ocregister.com

My heart felt prayers are with the family, as well as thanks for Brandon having the courage to fight for our country and the freedom of others.

Whose country would that be? Yours? It sure isn't for mine, here in the U.S.A.

Our children and blood for the profits of death and for the comfort of the comfortable.

My nation has a cancer.