Name:
Army Staff Sgt. John D. Linde
Age:
30
From:
New York;
Assigned to
the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.;
Incident:
Army Staff Sgt. John D. Linde died Nov. 5 in Tal Al-Dahab, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Carletta S. Davis, Sgt. Derek T. Stenroos and Pfc. Adam J. Muller.
Died:
November
05, 2007
Soldier who grew up in North Jersey killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — An Army sergeant who grew up in northern New Jersey was killed in Iraq when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle, the Pentagon said Nov. 7.
Staff Sgt. John D. Linde, 30, was one of four soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division who died Nov. 5 when their convoy was attacked near the village of Tal Al-Dahab, west of the northern city of Kirkuk.
Linde, who was on his second deployment to Iraq, was a member of a military police unit that provided security for top officers of the division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, his father, John Linde of McDonough, N.Y., told The Record of Bergen County.
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Occupation
the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.;
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. John D. Linde died Nov. 5 in Tal Al-Dahab, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Carletta S. Davis, Sgt. Derek T. Stenroos and Pfc. Adam J. Muller.