Name:
Army Sgt. 1st Class Steven J. Chevalier
Age:
35
From:
Flint, Mich.;
Assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident:
Army Sgt. 1st Class Steven J. Chevalier died July 9 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained in Samarra, Iraq, when his patrol was struck by a grenade.
Died:
July
09, 2008
Aunt: Soldier killed in Iraq was natural leader
The Associated Press
FLINT, Mich. — Family members say a Fort Campbell soldier killed in Iraq was a natural leader.
Sgt. Steven J. Chevalier of Flint, Mich., was killed Wednesday in a grenade attack in Iraq.
The Defense Department said the 35-year-old Chevalier (sha-vel-EE’-ay) was on patrol in Samarra when the grenade hit his vehicle.
His aunt, Carole Miller, said her nephew was “always concerned” about the men under his command. She told the Flint Journal that “He wouldn’t expect his men to do anything he wouldn’t do.”
Miller said Chevalier didn’t talk much about his overseas assignments when he was home...
Occupation
the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.;
Incident
Army Sgt. 1st Class Steven J. Chevalier died July 9 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained in Samarra, Iraq, when his patrol was struck by a grenade.