Derek A. Stanley
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Age: 20
From: Tulsa, Okla.
Assigned to 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Army Cpl. Derek A. Stanley died June 5 from a non-combat related cause in Salerno, Afghanistan.
Died: June 05, 2006
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Tulsa soldier remembered as good family man
By The Associated Press
TULSA, Okla. — Friends and relatives of a soldier who died in Afghanistan say he cared deeply for his family and was a proud and dedicated military man who believed in what he was doing.
Army Spc. Derek A. Stanley, 20, of Tulsa, died Monday in Salerno, Afghanistan, the military said in a news release. His death was not combat-related and remains under investigation, the Department of Defense said.
“Derek always conducted himself honorably and was a much-loved son, brother, grandson, cousin and nephew,” his mother, Darlyn M. Smith, who moved eight months ago from Tulsa to Boise, Idaho, said in a statement released by the National Guard.
“He was his mother’s protector, strength and friend. He loved his family deeply.”
Stanley dropped out of high school in Tulsa and entered the Thunderbird Youth Academy in...
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into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;
in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.