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Edwin Rivera
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Name: Army Sgt. Edwin Rivera
Age: 28
From: Waterford, CT
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, Norwalk, Conn.
Incident: Army Sgt. Edwin Rivera died May 25 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds sustained May 20 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire at Contingency Outpost Xio Haq, Afghanistan.
Died: May 25, 2010
Age: 28
From: Waterford, CT
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, Norwalk, Conn.
Incident: Army Sgt. Edwin Rivera died May 25 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds sustained May 20 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire at Contingency Outpost Xio Haq, Afghanistan.
Died: May 25, 2010
Conn. guardsman dies after being shot in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. — A member of the Connecticut National Guard has been killed in Afghanistan.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s office says 28-year old Staff Sgt. Edwin Rivera of Waterford died May 25 after being shot May 20 in Afghanistan’s Laghman province.
Rivera was a member of 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, one of two Connecticut National Guard units that were deployed in the region late last year.
Rell ordered all state flags be flown at half staff until sundown on the day of Rivera’s interment....
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1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, Norwalk, Conn.
Incident
Army Sgt. Edwin Rivera
died May 25 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds sustained May 20 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire at Contingency Outpost Xio Haq, Afghanistan.
Prayers & Messages
Edwin Rivera
2010-05-31
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.