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Ken W Leisten
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Name: Army Pfc. Ken W. Leisten
Age: 20
From: Cornelius, Ore.,
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon Army National Guard, Corvallis, Ore.
Incident: Army Pfc. Ken W. Leisten was killed July 28 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq.
Died: July 28, 2004
Oregon soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Cornelius, Ore.,
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon Army National Guard, Corvallis, Ore.
Incident: Army Pfc. Ken W. Leisten was killed July 28 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq.
Died: July 28, 2004
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Oregon soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon National Guard soldier died and two were injured when their armored Humvee was struck by an explosive, a Guard spokeswoman said.
Pfc. Ken W. Leisten, 20, of Warrenton, was killed Wednesday in Taji, Iraq. Leisten, the Humvee driver, had volunteered to join the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment,to become part of the rotation into Iraq, spokeswoman Kay Fristad said in a statement Thursday.
It’s unclear whether the bomb that hit the Oregon unit was detonated by insurgents as the Humvee drove by or whether it was triggered by the vehicle’s weight.
The soldiers injured were Sgt. 1st Class Phillip V. Jacques,...
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the 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry, Oregon Army National Guard, Corvallis, Ore.
Incident
Army Pfc. Ken W. Leisten was killed July 28 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq.
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Ken W Leisten
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.