Name:
Army Spc. William C. Yauch
Age:
23
From:
Batesville, AR
Assigned to
5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Incident:
Army Spc. William C. Yauch
died June 11 in Jalula, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with a vehicle-borne IED. Also killed was Sgt. Israel P. O’Bryan
Died:
June 11, 2010
Body returned to home state
The Associated Press
BATESVILLE, Ark. — The body of a soldier who was killed in Iraq has been returned to Arkansas.
The flag-draped casket of Army Spc. William C. Yauch arrived at Batesville Regional Airport about 2:20 p.m. Friday, and was escorted to a funeral home.
Yauch, 23, and Sgt. Israel O’Bryan of Newbern, Tenn., were killed June 11 when a suicide attacker detonated an explosive near their patrol in Jalula, about 80 miles north of Baghdad.
Yauch and O’Bryan were assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Yauch is survived by his wife, Mallory, and his parents....
Occupation
5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Incident
Army Spc. William C. Yauch
died June 11 in Jalula, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with a vehicle-borne IED. Also killed was Sgt. Israel P. O’Bryan