LeRoy O. Webster
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Age: 28
From: Sioux Falls, S.D.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. LeRoy O. Webster died April 25 near Kirkuk, Iraq, after being shot while on a dismounted patrol.
Died: April 25, 2009
Webster wrestled, played golf and baseball in high school
By William Petroski
Des Moines (Iowa) Register
A soldier from northwest Iowa who was serving his third combat tour overseas has been killed in Iraq, the Department of Defense said April 27.
Army Sgt. LeRoy O. Webster, 28, of Hartley died April 25 after being shot near Kirkuk while on patrol, military officials said.
Webster was a 1999 graduate of Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School, where he wrestled and played on the golf and baseball teams.
He leaves behind a wife, Jessica, who was his high school sweetheart, and three young daughters, Natasha, Kaydence and Jadyn.
“He was a good guy. He had a lot of friends. He liked to have fun,” recalled Jim Thomas, a social studies teacher and the athletic director at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn.
The Webster family had recently moved to Hartley from Texas, where LeRoy Webster had been stationed...