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Stephen K Richardson
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Name: Army Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson
Age: 22
From: Bridgeport, Conn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Incident: Army Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson died March 20 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed was Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell.
Died: March 20, 2007
Soldier from Bridgeport dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Bridgeport, Conn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Incident: Army Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson died March 20 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed was Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell.
Died: March 20, 2007
Soldier from Bridgeport dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. M. Jodi Rell ordered U.S. and Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff March 22 in honor of a soldier from Bridgeport killed this week in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
Army Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson, 22, died March 20 when the bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Department of Defense said March 21. The blast also killed another soldier in his unit. They were soldiers with 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based in Fort Riley, Kan.
He’s the 38th person with Connecticut ties who has died since March 2002 in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Private Richardson and thousands upon thousands of brave men and women like him serve our...
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the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident
Army Pfc. Stephen K. Richardson died March 20 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed was Sgt. Wayne R. Cornell.
Prayers & Messages
Stephen K Richardson
2007-03-24
To you, PFC Richardson, we owe a great debt for all that you have given for our freedom and our liberty. We hold your family in prayer -- there are no words to express the depth of our sorrow.
Rev. Lin McGee
Connecticut Blue Star Mothers - CT Chapter One
Silver Star Families of America