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Levi B Kinchen

Levi B Kinchen

US Army Tickfaw, LA Age: 21 Views: 2039

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Name: Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen

Age: 21

From: Tickfaw, La.

Assigned to 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La. died in his sleep in Baghdad. A fellow soldier tried to wake Kinchen on Aug. 9 and discovered he was not breathing.

Incident: Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen was killed

Died: August 09, 2003


Soldier’s funeral will be Aug. 20

Associated Press

HAMMOND, La. — The funeral for Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home in Hammond.

Kinchen died Aug 9, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was 21. Autopsy results have not been released.

A native of Albany, he graduated from Albany High School in 2000 and joined the Army in August of that year. He completed basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., where he specialized in field artillery. He then did an 18-month tour in Germany and a six-month peace mission in Kosovo before shipping out to Baghdad. He was baptized at Cornerstone Church of Amite before leaving for Iraq.


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2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, La.

Incident

Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen died in his sleep in Baghdad. A fellow soldier tried to wake Kinchen on Aug. 9 and discovered he was not breathing.

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Levi B Kinchen
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.