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Oscar Sanchez
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Name: Army Pfc. Oscar Sanchez
Age: 19
From: Modesto, Calif.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Pfc. Oscar Sanchez was killed Dec. 29 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device struck his observation post in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: December 29, 2004
Fort Lewis soldier killed in Mosul
Associated Press
Age: 19
From: Modesto, Calif.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Pfc. Oscar Sanchez was killed Dec. 29 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device struck his observation post in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: December 29, 2004
Fort Lewis soldier killed in Mosul
Associated Press
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Pfc. Oscar Sanchez and his wife intended to go on a cruise when he returned home to Modesto, Calif., from Iraq in February. Instead, Tiffany Sanchez has been making funeral arrangements.
An attack in Mosul killed the 19-year-old soldier on Dec. 29, just two days before the couple’s first wedding anniversary.
Sanchez went to Iraq in October as part of a Stryker unit from Fort Lewis. He was manning an observation outpost when insurgents launched a two-stage attack, said Dick Devlin, a public information officer at Fort Lewis.
Suicide bombers first drove a truck into the Stryker outpost and detonated 1,500 pounds of explosives. As a patrol responded...
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1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident
Army Pfc. Oscar Sanchez was killed Dec. 29 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device struck his observation post in Mosul, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Oscar Sanchez
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.