Kyle W. Childress
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Age: 29
From: Terre Haute, Ind.
Assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Army Sgt. Kyle W. Childress died of wounds received in Duluiyah, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire, on Jan. 21 in Balad, Iraq.
Died: January 21, 2005
Soldier killed in Iraq was to have returned next month
Associated Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The mother of a soldier from Terre Haute killed last week in Iraq said he seemed confident that he would be safe when they spoke two weeks ago.
Army Sgt. Kyle William Childress, 29, died Friday in Balad, north of Baghdad, from wounds he received when his unit was attacked in Duluiyah, Iraq, the Department of Defense said Monday.
“He, in his own mind and heart, knew he was good at his job and trained well,” Nancy Knight of Prairieton told the Tribune-Star. “He was proud.”
Childress was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division based in Schweinfurt, Germany, the military said.
His yearlong tour of Iraq would have been completed at the end of February, his family said. He planned to spend time with his fiancee in Germany and then come home for about a month, said his father, Keith Childress.
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Prayers & Messages
God bless you for your service to our country and the world. I am so sorry your life ended in this war but believe that God called you home for a reason. You were courageous and hopeful. I hope you had joy in your heart at the prospect of your return home when the sniper took your life. May you rest in peace and may God comfort your family and friends in their loss of you.
Sincerely,
Mary