Santiago M. Halsel
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Age: 32
From: Bowling Green, Ky.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel died of injuries sustained May 16 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted clearance mission during combat operations in Baghdad.
Died: May 16, 2006
Soldier followed in footsteps of his military family
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A 101st Airborne Division soldier from Bowling Green killed in Iraq this week came from a family with a long tradition of military service, his father said Thursday.
Staff Sgt. Santiago M. Halsel, 32, was struck Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Baghdad while patrolling on foot after dismounting from his vehicle, the Army said.
Halsel, who lived in Bowling Green, was on his second tour in Iraq, his father, Vesdon Brooks, said in a phone interview. He was about seven months into his second tour, Brooks said.
Brooks said he was notified of his son’s death Wednesday morning.
“It really hasn’t sinked in yet,” said Brooks, who lives in Lexington.
Halsel was an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. He entered the Army in 1996 and arrived at Fort Campbell in 2002.
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I ask this through Christ our Lord.
He has proudly served his country.
Now, he proudly serves with angel's wings.