Greg P. Gagarin
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Age: 38
From: Los Angeles
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Greg P. Gagarin died June 3 in Thania, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed were Sgt. James C. Akin, Sgt. Tyler J. Kritz and Sgt. Robert A. Surber.
Died: June 03, 2007
Five more Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Department of Defense has identified five more Fort Lewis soldiers killed in Iraq, four when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle and a fifth fatally wounded in a separate encounter.
Sgt. Andrews J. Higgins, 28, of Hayward, Calif., died Tuesday in Baqubah of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team).
Since he reported to Fort Lewis in October 2000, Higgins had served primarily as a fire support specialist and forward observer. He was on his first deployment to Iraq.
The Defense Department said Wednesday that Staff Sgt. Greg P. Gagarin, 38, of Los Angeles Sgt. James C. Akin, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M. Sgt. Tyler J. Kritz, 21, of Eagle...