Jonathan J. Santos
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Age: 22
From: Whatcom, Wash.
Assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Spc. Jonathan J. Santos was killed Oct. 15 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Karabilah, Iraq. Also
Died: October 15, 2004
Washington soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Spc. Jonathan Santos, 22, of Bellingham, has died from injuries suffered in an attack on his vehicle in Iraq, his mother said.
Santos, a linguist with the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion out of Fort Bragg, N.C., was injured Friday afternoon when an explosion hit his vehicle during combat operations, Doris Kent said.
He died less than four hours later. “He didn’t make it into the hospital,” Kent told The Bellingham Herald.
Maj. Paul Swiergosz, a Department of Defense spokesman, said the military could not provide details on service members killed in Iraq until 24 hours after a family member has been notified.
Santos left for his first tour of Iraq on Sept. 7 and celebrated his birthday there on Sept. 23, Kent said.
He had enlisted in the Army’s Delayed Entry Program in 2000 and entered the service with a four-year...