Name:
Army Sgt. Brandon E. Adams
Age:
22
From:
Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident:
Army Sgt. Brandon E. Adams died Sept. 19 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained Feb. 16 in Fallujah, Iraq, when a grenade exploded as he was clearing a house.
Died:
September
19, 2004
Solider dies from injuries sustained in Iraq
Associated Press
APOLLO, Pa. — A soldier from Pennsylvania has died from head injuries he suffered months ago in a grenade attack in Iraq.
Sgt. Brandon E. Adams, 22, of Hollidaysburg, died Sept. 19 at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital in Washington, D.C., according to his grandmother and a funeral home. Military officials did not confirm Adams’ death.
An infantryman with the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., Adams was wounded by a grenade while in Fallujah on Feb. 16, said his grandmother, Melda Bricker.
Doctors in Baghdad were able to remove six pieces of shrapnel from his head, but they had to leave three pieces behind and remove parts of his skull, Bricker...
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident
Army Sgt. Brandon E. Adams died Sept. 19 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained Feb. 16 in Fallujah, Iraq, when a grenade exploded as he was clearing a house.