Name:
Army Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis
Age:
23
From:
Binger, Okla.
Assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident:
Army Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis died June 21 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed were Sgt. Alphonso J. Montenegro II, Sgt. Ryan M. Wood, Pfc. Daniel J. Agami and Pfc. Anthony D. Hebert.
Died:
June
21, 2007
Soldiers from Anadarko, Oklahoma City die in Iraq
The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two Army soldiers from Oklahoma were killed on the same day last week in separate attacks in Iraq.
Pfc. Thomas Ray Leemhuis, 23, of Anadarko, and Sgt. Ryan M. Wood, 22, of Oklahoma City, both were killed June 21 in Baghdad. As of June 23, the Defense Department had not confirmed their deaths.
Leemhuis attended Binger-Oney High School in Caddo County before moving to nearby Anadarko after he graduated in 2002, said Tammy Smith, the mother of one of the soldier’s high school friends, Ashlie Smith.
Ashlie Smith said Leemhuis played basketball at Binger-Oney and was called “Tom” by his friends.
“He was real outgoing,” Ashlie Smith
Occupation
the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany;
Incident
Army Pfc. Thomas R. Leemhuis died June 21 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed were Sgt. Alphonso J. Montenegro II, Sgt. Ryan M. Wood, Pfc. Daniel J. Agami and Pfc. Anthony D. Hebert.