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Chase R Whitham
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Name: Army Spc. Chase R. Whitham
Age: 21
From: Oregon a scout in the Stryker Bridgade. 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. killed May 8 when an electrical current charged the water in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq.
Assigned to
Incident: Army Spc. Chase R. Whitham was killed May 8 when an electrical current charged the water in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: May 08, 2004
Oregonian killed in Iraq
By Sarah Linn
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Oregon a scout in the Stryker Bridgade. 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. killed May 8 when an electrical current charged the water in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq.
Assigned to
Incident: Army Spc. Chase R. Whitham was killed May 8 when an electrical current charged the water in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: May 08, 2004
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Oregonian killed in Iraq
By Sarah Linn
Associated Press
EUGENE, Ore. — A soldier from Oregon, Spc. Chase Whitham, 21, died Saturday in Mosul, Iraq, when an electrical current charged the water in a pool he was swimming in, the Department of Defense said.
Whitham was assigned to the 296th Forward Support Battalion, Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division based out of Fort Lewis, Wash.
Whitham is the 18th Oregon soldier killed in the Iraq war, including four who were members of the Stryker Brigade. The brigade, part of the 2nd Infantry Division, is named for its signature medium-weight combat vehicles.
The deaths bring to 765 the number of U.S. service...
Incident
Army Spc. Chase R. Whitham was killed May 8 when an electrical current charged the water in a swimming pool in Mosul, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Chase R Whitham
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.