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Keith Yoakum
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Name: Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith Yoakum
Age: 41
From: Hemet, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas died Feb. 2 in Taji, Iraq of wounds sustained when his Apache helicopter was forced to land during combat operations. Also
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith Yoakum was killed was Chief Warrant Officer Jason G. Defrenn.
Died: February 02, 2007
Two Fort Hood soldiers killed in copter crash
The Associated Press
Age: 41
From: Hemet, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas died Feb. 2 in Taji, Iraq of wounds sustained when his Apache helicopter was forced to land during combat operations. Also
Incident: Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith Yoakum was killed was Chief Warrant Officer Jason G. Defrenn.
Died: February 02, 2007
Two Fort Hood soldiers killed in copter crash
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Two soldiers assigned to Fort Hood were killed when their helicopter went down in Iraq, the Defense Department said.
Chief Warrant Officer Keith Yoakum, 41, of Hemet, Calif., and Chief Warrant Officer Jason G. Defrenn, 34, of Barnwell, S.C., died Feb. 2, the military confirmed late Feb. 6.
Both soldiers were aboard an Apache helicopter that was forced to land during combat operations in Taji, an air base 12 miles north of the Iraqi capital. The al-Qaida-affiliated group the Islamic State of Iraq claimed to have brought down the helicopter, which crashed in a hail of gunfire north of Baghdad.
The two soldiers were assigned to the 1st...
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the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith Yoakum died Feb. 2 in Taji, Iraq of wounds sustained when his Apache helicopter was forced to land during combat operations. Also killed was Chief Warrant Officer Jason G. Defrenn.
Prayers & Messages
Keith Yoakum
2009-11-20
YOU ARE MISSED!
Keith Yoakum
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.