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Val J Borm

Val J Borm

US Army Sidney, NE Age: 21 Views: 2167

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Name: Army Spc. Val J. Borm

Age: 21

From: Sidney, Neb.

Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Incident: Army Spc. Val J. Borm died June 14 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed were Sgt. Derek T. Roberts and Spc. Farid Elazzouzi.



Died: June 14, 2007


Hawaii-based soldier from Nebraska killed in Iraq

The Associated Press

SIDNEY, Neb. — A Hawaii-based soldier from Sidney died in Iraq this week when a bomb exploded near the Humvee he was riding in, according to his family.

Val John Borm, 21, died in Iraq’s Kirkuk province after the explosion, his father Larry Borm said June 15.

Borm was serving as an infantryman in B Company, 2nd Battalion, with the 35th Infantry. The unit is based at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

The military reported June 15 that three U.S. soldiers died when a bomb exploded near their vehicle June 14 during operations in Kirkuk province, in northern Iraq. Another soldier was wounded in the blast.

The military did not release the names of the...

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the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Infantry Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;

Incident

Army Spc. Val J. Borm died June 14 in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed were Sgt. Derek T. Roberts and Spc. Farid Elazzouzi.

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Val J Borm
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.