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Shawn D Pahnke
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Name: Army Pvt. 2 Shawn D. Pahnke
Age: 25
From: Shelbyville, Ind.
Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany
Incident: Army Pvt. 2 Shawn D. Pahnke was killed by enemy fire in Baghdad on June 16. Pahnke was on patrol when he received a fatal gunshot wound.
Died: June 16, 2003
Indiana solider dies in Iraq pursuing dream to serve in military
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Shelbyville, Ind.
Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany
Incident: Army Pvt. 2 Shawn D. Pahnke was killed by enemy fire in Baghdad on June 16. Pahnke was on patrol when he received a fatal gunshot wound.
Died: June 16, 2003
Indiana solider dies in Iraq pursuing dream to serve in military
Associated Press
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — A U.S. soldier from Indiana who was killed by a sniper while patrolling in Baghdad was fulfilling his lifelong dream to serve in the military, his family said June 17.
Pvt. Shawn Pahnke of Shelbyville was killed the night before after spending just a few weeks in Iraq, said his father, Tom Pahnke.
The 25-year-old grew up in Manhattan, Ill., south of Chicago, with military pride — his father is a Vietnam veteran, and his grandfather served in World War II.
Shawn Pahnke enlisted in October after getting married. Serving in the military forced him to miss the birth of his son, Dean, on March 20.
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Occupation
Company C, 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany
Incident
Army Pvt. 2 Shawn D. Pahnke was killed by enemy fire in Baghdad on June 16. Pahnke was on patrol when he received a fatal gunshot wound.
Prayers & Messages
Shawn D Pahnke
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.