Name:
Army Pfc. Shane D. Penley
Age:
19
From:
Sauk Village, Ill.;
Assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident:
Army Pfc. Shane D. Penley died April 6 at Patrol Base Copper, Iraq, from wounds sustained while on duty at a guard post.
Died:
April
06, 2008
Governor orders flags lowered to honor fallen soldier
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s governor has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died in Iraq.
The Department of Defense says 19-year-old Shane D. Penley from Sauk Village, Ill., died Sunday at a patrol base from wounds suffered while on duty at a guard post. The military says the incident is under investigation.
Penley was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, a sprawling Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line.
He entered the Army in June 2007 and arrived at Fort Campbell in...
Occupation
the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident
Army Pfc. Shane D. Penley died April 6 at Patrol Base Copper, Iraq, from wounds sustained while on duty at a guard post.