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Jerald A Whisenhunt
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt
Age: 32
From: Orrick, Mo.;
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt died Feb. 8 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Sgt. Timothy P. Martin, Spc. Michael T. Manibog and Sgt. Gary D. Willett.
Died: February 08, 2008
Four Hawaii-based soldiers killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
Age: 32
From: Orrick, Mo.;
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt died Feb. 8 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Sgt. Timothy P. Martin, Spc. Michael T. Manibog and Sgt. Gary D. Willett.
Died: February 08, 2008
Four Hawaii-based soldiers killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — The Army says four soldiers in the Stryker brigade based at Schofield Barracks died in Iraq after a roadside bomb hit their vehicle.
The soldiers died in the town of Taji on Feb. 8.
Two of the soldiers were from California: Spc. Michael T. Manibog, 31, of Alameda, and Sgt. Timothy P. Martin, 27, of Pixley.
Manibog and Marting both joined the Army three years ago.
Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt, 32, of Orrick, Mo., and Sgt. Gary D. Willett, 34, of Alamogordo, N.M., also died. Whisenhunt joined the Army in 2000 and Willett joined in 1995.
The four were assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Co
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
Incident
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jerald A. Whisenhunt died Feb. 8 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Sgt. Timothy P. Martin, Cpl. Michael T. Manibog and Sgt. Gary D. Willett.
Prayers & Messages
Jerald A Whisenhunt
2008-05-17
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heros never dies.
Jerald A Whisenhunt
2008-03-20
thank you for giving the ultimate sacrifice