Blaine E. Redding
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Age: 22
From: Plattsmouth, NE
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Spc. Blaine E. Redding died June 7 in Konar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Also killed in the attack were Sgt. Joshua A. Lukeala, Spc. Matthew R. Catlett, and Spc. Charles S. Jirtle
Died: June 07, 2010
Most 101st soldiers killed in 1 day since 2003
By Jake Lowary
The (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf-Chronicle
Fort Campbell on June 16 identified four of the five soldiers who died June 7 in one of the deadliest days for the 101st Airborne Division in recent memory.
According to Fort Campbell, the soldiers who died were:
* Sgt. Joshua A. Lukeala, 23, of Yigo, Guam.
* Spc. Matthew R. Catlett, 23, of Houston, Texas.
* Spc. Charles S. Jirtle, 29, of Lawton, Okla.
* Spc. Blaine E. Redding, 22, of Plattsmouth, Neb.
The Associated Press reported the fifth soldier who died was First Sgt. Robert N. Barton, a Roxie, Miss., native.
They were all assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team and died when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Dangam district of Kunar Province.
The deaths are the most in a single day since members of the division began deploying to the country earlier this year....