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William R Sturges Jr
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Name: Army Spc. William R. Sturges Jr.
Age: 24
From: Spring Church, Pa.
Assigned to Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood Texas attached to Task Force All American
Incident: Army Spc. William R. Sturges Jr. was killed Jan. 24 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Died: January 24, 2004
Soldier killed in Iraq remembered as loving husband, father
Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Spring Church, Pa.
Assigned to Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood Texas attached to Task Force All American
Incident: Army Spc. William R. Sturges Jr. was killed Jan. 24 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Died: January 24, 2004
Soldier killed in Iraq remembered as loving husband, father
Associated Press
APOLLO, Pa. — A 24-year-old soldier killed in Iraq was remembered by family and friends Wednesday as a loving husband and father.
Army Spc. William R. Sturges Jr., of Spring City, was killed Jan. 24 when a car bomb exploded next to his Humvee.
Sturges was an indirect fire infantryman with the 1st Cavalry Division’s Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, while his wife, Spc. Deida Sturges, was also serving in Iraq as an Army medic with the 21st Combat Support Hospital.
During the ceremony at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Apollo, a single drummer played and Deida Sturges received her husband’s posthumous military honors, a...
Occupation
Company B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, Fort Hood Texas attached to Task Force All American
Incident
Army Spc. William R. Sturges Jr. was killed Jan. 24 when a vehicle-based improvised explosive device detonated in Khalidiyah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
William R Sturges Jr
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.