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James H Pirtle
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Name: Army Spc. James H. Pirtle
Age: 27
From: La Mesa, N.M.
Assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. James H. Pirtle was killed when an RPG struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle on Oct. 4 in Assadah, Iraq.
Died: October 04, 2003
New Mexico soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 27
From: La Mesa, N.M.
Assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. James H. Pirtle was killed when an RPG struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle on Oct. 4 in Assadah, Iraq.
Died: October 04, 2003
New Mexico soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
James H. Pirtle joined the Army more than two years ago because he loved his country, and his mother, to whom he had always been a hero, says now he is a hero to the world.
The 27-year-old Army specialist from southern New Mexico paid the ultimate price Saturday. He died of injuries he suffered when his Bradley fighting vehicle was hit by small arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade during an ambush about 60 miles north of Baghdad, authorities said.
Pirtle, due home in January, had expected soon to be the father of a baby girl.
“He told me he couldn’t wait to teach her to hunt and fish,” said his mother, Kay Beeman of Silver City.
His wife, Ursula Pirtle, who...
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C Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army Spc. James H. Pirtle was killed when an RPG struck his Bradley Fighting Vehicle on Oct. 4 in Assadah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
James H Pirtle
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.