Name:
Army Pfc. Donovan D. Witham
Age:
20
From:
Malvern, Ark.
Assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident:
Army Pfc. Donovan D. Witham died Aug. 21 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Died:
August 21, 2007
2 82nd Airborne soldiers die in Iraq bomb blastsThe Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Two 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers died following bomb blasts this week in Iraq, the military said Aug. 22.
Staff Sgt. Sandy R. Britt, 30, of Apopka, Fla., and Spc. Donovan D. Witham, 20, of Malvern, Ark., died from injuries they sustained Aug. 21 near Baghdad. Britt’s patrol was attacked with an improvised explosive device, and Witham’s vehicle detonated a roadside bomb, according to written statements from the division.
Britt was an infantry squad leader with the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Britt was in the Navy before joining the Army in October 2003 and
Occupation
the 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.;