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Craig W Cherry
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry
Age: 39
From: Winchester, Va.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Virginia Army National Guard, Winchester, Va.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry was killed Aug. 7 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Ghazikel, Afghanistan.
Died: August 07, 2004
Virginia Guardsman killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
Age: 39
From: Winchester, Va.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Virginia Army National Guard, Winchester, Va.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry was killed Aug. 7 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Ghazikel, Afghanistan.
Died: August 07, 2004
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Virginia Guardsman killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine — A 39-year-old Virginia National Guard sergeant who spent much of his childhood in Maine was killed by an explosive two weeks after being sent to Afghanistan, his father said.
Craig Cherry, whose father lives in Windham, Maine, was killed Saturday, six months after he was scheduled to retire from the Virginia National Guard. He leaves behind a wife, two teenage children and an 8-month-old son.
“I never thought this would happen,” said his father, Roy Cherry, who served in Vietnam. “And it hurts. It hurts bad.”
Cherry entered the Army after graduating from high school in Virginia. Roy Cherry said his son told...
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the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Virginia Army National Guard, Winchester, Va.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry was killed Aug. 7 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Ghazikel, Afghanistan.
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Craig W Cherry
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.