LibertyUnites • Tributes
Stephen D Shannon
Profile
Name: Army Cpl. Stephen D. Shannon
Age: 21
From: Guttenberg, Iowa
Assigned to the 397th Engineer Battalion, Wausau, Wis.
Incident: Army Cpl. Stephen D. Shannon died Jan. 31, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was hit by a rocket during combat operations Jan. 30 in Ramadi.
Died: January 31, 2007
Soldier from Guttenberg killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Guttenberg, Iowa
Assigned to the 397th Engineer Battalion, Wausau, Wis.
Incident: Army Cpl. Stephen D. Shannon died Jan. 31, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was hit by a rocket during combat operations Jan. 30 in Ramadi.
Died: January 31, 2007
Soldier from Guttenberg killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Guttenberg man killed in combat in Iraq was unique, “one of a kind” from the first day of his life, his mother said Friday.
Army Reserve Cpl. Stephen D. Shannon was “by no means a saint,” his mother Joan Shannon said Friday, “but definitely a hero.”
Shannon, 21, was killed Wednesday in Iraq. The military confirmed his death for the first time on Friday, and his family, including his mother, father and three siblings, gathered at the family’s rural Guttenberg home for a press conference to talk about his life.
Shannon was a combat engineer with the C Company, 397th Engineer Battalion, in Wausau, Wis. The unit arrived in Iraq in September,...
Occupation
the 397th Engineer Battalion, Wausau, Wis.
Incident
Army Cpl. Stephen D. Shannon died Jan. 31, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was hit by a rocket during combat operations Jan. 30 in Ramadi.
Prayers & Messages
Stephen D Shannon
2009-11-11
I miss you Stephen. I hope you are well up there, and always watching over your family. Much love to you.
Stephen D Shannon
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.