Name:
Army Spc. Benjamin K. Brosh
Age:
22
From:
Colorado Springs, Colo.;
Assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident:
Army Spc. Benjamin K. Brosh died April 18 at Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained in Paliwoda, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Died:
April
18, 2008
101st Airborne soldier killed in explosion in Iraq
The Associated Press
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell soldier was killed in Iraq when a vehicle carrying a bomb exploded at a checkpoint near Balad, Iraq, on Friday.
Spc. Benjamin K. Brosh, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died of wounds suffered during the explosion at Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Paliwoda.
The 22-year-old specialist was an infantryman assigned to D. Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
Brosh joined the Army in April 2006 and was assigned to Fort Campbell in December 2006.
He is survived by his father, James Brosh of Biloxi, Miss., and his mother, Barbara Brosh, also of...
Occupation
the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident
Army Cpl. Benjamin K. Brosh died April 18 at Forward Operating Base Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained in Paliwoda, Iraq, when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.