Jacob M. Simpson
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Age: 24
From: Ashland, Ore.
Assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Sgt Jacob M. Simpson was killed May 16 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the building he was securing in Tal Afar, Iraq.
Died: May 16, 2005
Fort Carson soldier dies in Iraq
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — A soldier from Oregon was killed in Iraq when he was struck by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade, according to relatives.
Sgt. Jacob Simpson, 24, is the 46th soldier with strong Oregon ties to be killed in Iraq or Afghanistan since March 2003. Five civilian contractors with Oregon ties have been killed in the two countries during that time.
Simpson, who was raised in Hood River and Ashland, was a gunner on a Bradley Fighting Vehicle. He was killed Monday while he was on foot on a reconnaissance patrol, clearing a building near the northern city of Tikrit, said his sister, Kimberly Bemiss of Banks.
Simpson was a member of the Army’s 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Carson, Colo., according to a statement released late Wednesday by the Department of Defense.
Simpson’s mother, Roberta Simpson, lives in Lake Oswego,...