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Roy P Lewsader Jr
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader, Jr.
Age: 36
From: Belleville, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader, Jr. died June 16 in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Died: June 16, 2007
Fort Riley soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
Age: 36
From: Belleville, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader, Jr. died June 16 in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Died: June 16, 2007
Fort Riley soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
FORT RILEY, Kan. — A Fort Riley soldier was killed in Afghanistan when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, the Army said June 18.
Staff Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader Jr., 36, died June 16 in Tarin Kowt.
Lewsader was an infantryman serving on a transition team assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, which is based at the northeast Kansas post. His home of record was listed as Belleville, Ill.
But April Blackmon, a spokeswoman for Fort Riley, Kan., where Lewsader was based, said Lewsader’s wife called the base to say he was from Clinton, Ind., after the news release went out.
Blackmon said Army records showed Belleville as Lewsader’s “home...
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1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.;
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Roy P. Lewsader, Jr. died June 16 in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.
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Roy P Lewsader Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.