Name:
Army Sgt. Michael A. Smith
Age:
24
From:
Camden, Ark.
Assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, Arkansas Army National Guard, Texarkana, Ark.
Incident:
Army Sgt. Michael A. Smith died Nov. 26 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained Nov. 7 when he was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad.
Died:
November
26, 2004
Arkansas soldier dies from Iraq wounds
Associated Press
CAMDEN, Ark. — A soldier from Camden has died from wounds sustained while serving in Iraq, the soldier’s father said.
Michael Smith, 24, died Saturday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., his father, Donald Ray Smith of Camden, told the Camden News.
Donald Smith said in a telephone interview from the family’s hotel room near the hospital that his son had not been conscious in his two weeks at Walter Reed. Smith had been treated at a military hospital in Germany before being flown home.
Smith was serving with the 39th Infantry Brigade near Baghdad when he was shot in the head by a sniper, his father said. The soldier was riding in a Humvee on...
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, Arkansas Army National Guard, Texarkana, Ark.
Incident
Army Sgt. Michael A. Smith died Nov. 26 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained Nov. 7 when he was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad.