Andrew C. Perkins
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Age: 27
From: Northglenn, Colo.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Sgt. Andrew C. Perkins died March 5 in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Justin M. Estes, Staff Sgt. Robert M. Stanley, Spc. Ryan M. Bell 21, Spc. Justin A. Rollins and Pfc. Cory C. Kosters.
Died: March 05, 2007
Coloradan among 6 paratroopers killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A sergeant from Northglenn, Colo., was among six soldiers killed when a bomb exploded near their vehicles March 5 in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, the 82nd Airborne Division said March 8.
The deaths were the largest loss of life in the past three years for the Fort Bragg-based airborne division.
The victims were identified as Spc. Ryan M. Bell, 21, of Colville, Wash. Staff Sgt. Justin M. Estes, 26, of Sims, Ark. Pfc. Cory C. Kosters, 19, of Woodlands, Texas Sgt. Andrew C. Perkins, 27, of Northglenn, Colo. Spc. Justin A. Rollins, 22, of Newport, N.H., and Staff Sgt. Robert M. Stanley, 27, of Spotsylvania, Va.
A memorial service was being scheduled by the brigade in Iraq. The men were members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 3rd Brigade Combat Team.
Their company commander, Capt. Eugene...