Name:
Army Sgt. Adam P. Kennedy
Age:
25
From:
Norfolk, Mass.
Assigned to
the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska
Incident:
Army Sgt. Adam P. Kennedy died April 8 in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered with his unit came in contact with enemy forces using indirect fire.
Died:
April
08, 2007
Mass. soldier killed by explosive in Iraq
The Associated Press
NORFOLK, Mass. — Army Sgt. Adam Kennedy, a rock climbing enthusiast and Norwich University graduate who began his first tour of duty in Iraq last fall, was killed by a blast from an improvised explosive device south of Baghdad, the Defense Department said April 9.
Kennedy, 25, of Norfolk, was killed April 8 when his unit was hit with indirect fire while conducting combat control near Diwaniyah, Iraq, said Army Alaska spokesman Capt. Richard C. Hyde.
Kennedy, a paratrooper, was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division, based at Fort Richardson, Alaska, and was sent to his first tour in Iraq in...
Occupation
the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska
Incident
Army Sgt. Adam P. Kennedy died April 8 in Diwaniyah, Iraq, of wounds suffered with his unit came in contact with enemy forces using indirect fire.