Nainoa K. Hoe
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Age: 27
From: Kailua, Hawaii
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe died Jan. 22 in Mosul, Iraq, of wounds received when he was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire.
Died: January 22, 2005
Officer with Oregon ties killed in Iraq
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — A soldier with Oregon ties has died in Iraq, family members said Monday.
Nainoa K. Hoe, 27, was shot and killed by a sniper last weekend as he led a foot patrol through Mosul, according to his wife of seven months, Emily Hoe, a Western Oregon University business student whose parents live in Newberg.
Nainoa Hoe was originally from Kailua, Hawaii, a Honolulu suburb, and graduated with a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii, according to his mother-in-law, Sharon Vo.
A first lieutenant in the Army, Hoe had been stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., but hoped someday to join the FBI, his mother-in-law said.
Hours before his death, Nainoa Hoe had emailed his wife to tell her that he’d be home on leave in February, Vo said.
“We think he had that joy in his heart,” Vo said.
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Prayers & Messages
Rest in peace
~Malea
God bless you for your courage and service to our country and the world. God comfort your family and friends in their premature loss of you. May you rest in peace and continue to look down upon your soldiers and protect and guide them.
Sincerely,
Mary