Dennis L. Pintor
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Age: 30
From: Lima, Ohio
Assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Capt. Dennis L. Pintor was killed Oct. 12 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle in Baghdad. Also
Died: October 12, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
ELIDA, Ohio — A soldier who grew up in western Ohio has been killed in Iraq, the Department of Defense said.
Capt. Dennis Pintor, 30, was one of three soldiers killed when an explosive device detonated near their patrol vehicle on Tuesday, according to a Pentagon release Sunday. Pintor had been in Iraq since March with the 20th Engineer Battalion, based out of Fort Hood, Texas.
Also killed in the incident were Spc. Jaime Moreno and Spc. Michael S. Weger.
Capt. David C. Woodruff Jr. was Moreno and Weger’s former commanding officer, until he switched command’s with Pintor.
They were on a combat mission to find terrorists and search for IEDs, Woodruff said. “That was their mission, and Bravo Company is the best at it,” he said. “They are the hardest working soldiers in their Area of Operations and they never stop.”
Pintor graduated from Elida High School,...