Kevin C Landeck

Name: Army Capt. Kevin C. Landeck
 

Age: 26
 

From: Illinois
 

Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. died Feb. 2 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also
 

Incident: Army Capt. Kevin C. Landeck was killed was Staff Sgt. Terrence D. Dunn.
 

Died: February 02, 2007
 

Defense department confirms Wheaton soldier killed in Iraq

The Associated Press
 

WHEATON, Ill. — The Department of Defense on Tuesday confirmed the death of a 26-year-old Wheaton soldier who was killed in Iraq.

Army Capt. Kevin C. Landeck died Friday in Baghdad after an explosive detonated near his vehicle, the department said. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y.

Landeck was promoted from second lieutenant to captain and awarded the Bronze Star after his death, his family said.

“He was my hero. I saw him grow from a regular high school kid to a leader of men in a combat zone,” his father, Richard Landeck,...