
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania soldier assigned to an Army unit based in Kansas was killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Pfc. Aaron M. Genevie, 22, of Chambersburg, died April 16, the Pentagon said April 17. He was a scout for the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, in Fort Riley, Kan.
“He was a very good man, a very young man,” John Mason, a family friend, said April 18. “He will be missed by all his friends and family.”
Genevie joined the Army in July 2005 and began serving with the 1st Infantry Division in November of that year, Fort Riley officials said.
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