Name:
Army Sgt. Timothy P. Martin
Age:
27
From:
Pixley, Calif.;
Assigned to
the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
Incident:
Army Sgt. Timothy P. Martin died Feb. 8 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Spc. Michael T. Manibog, Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt and Sgt. Gary D. Willett.
Died:
February
08, 2008
Four Hawaii-based soldiers killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
HONOLULU — The Army says four soldiers in the Stryker brigade based at Schofield Barracks died in Iraq after a roadside bomb hit their vehicle.
The soldiers died in the town of Taji on Feb. 8.
Two of the soldiers were from California: Spc. Michael T. Manibog, 31, of Alameda, and Sgt. Timothy P. Martin, 27, of Pixley.
Manibog and Marting both joined the Army three years ago.
Staff Sgt. Jerald A. Whisenhunt, 32, of Orrick, Mo., and Sgt. Gary D. Willett, 34, of Alamogordo, N.M., also died. Whisenhunt joined the Army in 2000 and Willett joined in 1995.
The four were assigned to the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in th
Occupation
the 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;