Steven T. Drees
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Age: 19
From: Peshtigo, Wis
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Pvt. Steven T. Drees died June 28 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained June 24 in Konar Province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher.
Died: June 28, 2009
Peshtigo soldier Steven Drees remembered
By Paul Srubas
Green Bay Press-Gazette
PESHTIGO — Friends and well-wishers carrying candles and waving flags lined the streets of Peshtigo Monday night to honor a 19-year-old soldier who died Sunday as a result of injuries he sustained in Afghanistan.
Army Pvt. Steven Drees’ family found out Wednesday morning that he had been shot in the head when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire and a grenade launcher in Konar Province, Afghanistan, said Barb Bayer of Peshtigo, Drees’ cousin.
His parents, Dawn Bayer and Paul Drees, and his twin brother, Charlie, were present when Drees died Sunday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, Barb Bayer said. He had been kept alive until his organs could be harvested for donation, and family members learned this weekend that Drees’ organs may have saved the lives of three people, Bayer...