101st Airborne loses 11 soldiers in one week

[Thom Little]

The 101st Airborne Division has taken a heavy hit in Iraqi combat with 11 deaths reported last week.

Five soldiers with the 101st were killed Saturday and five others were wounded in a pair of roadside bombings in northern Iraq. Those soldiers were on patrol near Bayji. They have not been identified.

On Thursday, the military identified four soldiers with the division who were killed near Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device went off near their Humvee.

Two other Fort Campbell soldiers were identified yesterday as dying in Iraq last week. Spc. Vernon R. Widner, 34, of Redlands, Calif., and Pfc. Anthony Alex Gaunky, 19, of Sparta, Wis., died from injuries suffered Thursday near Bayji, Iraq, Fort Campbell spokesman John Minton said.



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[FreedomAngel82]

1. So sad

:cry: RIP. :patriot:

[guruoo]

2. Gotten so bad local paper's no longer bothering to post

these local base casualties as breaking news.