Christopher L. Hoskins
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Age: 21
From: Danielson, Conn.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Spc. Christopher L. Hoskins was killed June 21 when his unit was conducting combat operations and was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq.
Died: June 21, 2005
Fallen Conn. soldier remembered as caring
Associated Press
KILLINGLY, Conn. — The last time Spc. Christopher Hoskins visited his family, he told his mother what he would want if he died.
Now, after military officials knocked on her door last Wednesday to tell her that her son was killed in Iraq, Claudia Hoskins must carry those wishes out.
“I have no regrets about those conversations,” Hoskins said Saturday, as she told reporters about her son’s life. “It helped me know as a mother what he wanted.”
But, she added: “It feels like your heart’s been ripped out.”
Hoskins entered the military because he wanted to be there, his family said. Army officials said he died Tuesday in Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit came under small-arms fire. Another soldier in his Fort Carson, Colo.-based unit also died.
When he came home for a 15-day visit in January, his mother said, she noticed a bond between him and his fellow...
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Prayers & Messages
To our hometown hero, thank you for our freedom. God Bless you and your family. Thoughts and Prayers are with you and your family, as your memory lives on.
~Elizabeth Abram of CT
My condolences to your family and friends.
You are a hero