Eric N. Lembke
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Age: 25
From: Tampa, Fla.
Assigned to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Spc. Eric N. Lembke died Oct. 23 in Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an IED. Also killed was Pfc. Kimble A. Han.
Died: October 23, 2009
2 Carson soldiers die in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
FORT CARSON, Colo. — Two more soldiers based at Fort Carson have been killed in Afghanistan.
The Defense Department announced Monday that Pfc. Kimble A. Han of Lehi, Utah, and Spc. Eric N. Lembke of Tampa, Fla., died Oct. 23 of wounds suffered when their vehicle was attacked by an improvised explosive device.
The soldiers were attached to the 569th Mobility Augmentation Company, 4th Engineer Battalion.
Han, 30, entered the service in January 2008. He served a tour of duty in Iraq between February and May of this year and was transferred to Afghanistan.
Lembke, 25, also joined the Army in January 2008 and served similar tours of duty.
On Oct. 19, the Defense Department said four other soldiers with the same company had died in Afghanistan when their vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Staff Sgt....