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One Canadian Soldier Killed By Improvised Explosive Device CEFCOM NR – 10.006 - April 11, 2010 OTTAWA — One Canadian soldier was killed by an improvised explosive device that detonated during a dismounted security patrol in Dand district at approximately 7:30 a.m. Kandahar time on 11 April 2010. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Belanday, Dand district, approximately eight-kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. Killed in action was Private Tyler William Todd from the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, Alberta. He was serving as a member with Task Force 3-09 Battle Group. At this sad...

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, April 8, 2010 – Army Spc. Joseph Carter’s military life began when another’s tragically ended. Army Spc. Joseph Carter holds a photo of his best friend, Anthony Owens, who was killed in combat action on Feb. 1, 2006, south of Baghdad. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Carter, an infantryman and scout with the 4/189th Infantry Unit deployed with the South Carolina National Guard’s 1/178th Field Artillery Unit, had no real thoughts of joining the military until his best friend, Anthony Owens, enlisted and encouraged him to join...

15, 2010 – While flying on United Airlines last week, I overheard a telephone conversation from a gentleman seated directly behind me. His words went something like this: "Although today was an extremely sad day for me - it was absolutely the happiest day of my life, and I am proud to be an American." This gentleman went on to talk about a funeral he attended in South Carolina, and specifically gave great kudos to the U.S. Army for the professionalism displayed at this service. He went into great detail about the funeral service itself and how it was conducted....

The Marine Corps unit of a Lorain native killed in Afghanistan will be featured as part of a CBS News "60 Minutes" segment about the war there. USMC Lance Cpl. David R. Hall, 31, who was killed in action Aug. 31, was serving with a force that became part of the research for the "60 Minutes" program scheduled to run this Sunday. ...It appears the television crew has footage from Helmand Province, the same place where Hall spent his final days. The reporters were a kilometer away when a bomb took Hall's life and may have footage of the helicopter...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine from New Jersey has been killed during combat operations in Iraq, the Defense Department said. Pfc. Vincent M. Frassetto, 21, of Toms River, N.J., was killed in Al Anbar province Thursday, according to a news release. Frassetto graduated from Toms River High School North in 2003 and joined the Marines a little more than a year later. For his service in Iraq, he received the Global War on Terror service medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out...

What a minister called "literally thousands of people" lined the streets of four towns in St. Francois and Washington counties for a funeral procession Sunday afternoon for a Desloge soldier killed by a grenade blast last month in Iraq. The four-mile procession snaked through Farmington, Frankclay and Desloge to a cemetery in Irondale, where Army Staff Sgt. Michael Deason was buried. Deason, 28, was killed Aug. 31 in Ad-Dwar, Iraq, when a grenade hit his Humvee and ripped through his body armor, military officials said. Deason, a member of the 101st Airborne Division, died just a week before wrapping up...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - The man who led Canadian troops into one of the biggest battles they've faced yet described Friday how hundreds of coalition and Afghan troops foiled insurgent fighters massing for an assault on the governor of Kandahar province, and how Capt. Nichola Goddard met her death in a Taliban ambush. "We were in the process of doing final searches in the village when one of our call signs came in 'ambush,' " said Lt.-Col. Ian Hope, commander of Task Force Orion's battle group. "A well co-ordinated Taliban ambush which unfortunately resulted in the death of one of...

  created: 3/9/2006 5:53:45 PM updated: 3/9/2006 11:16:25 PM       KSDK-The fiance of an Illinois Marine who died in Iraq has given birth to their daughter. Brea Tate was seven months pregnant when Corporal Jonathon 'Kyle' Price died from injuries suffered while on guard duty in Ramadi. The 19 year old was from Woodlawn, Illinois. Brea delivered a healthy baby girl on Monday. Her name: Madison Kay Price. Kyle Price was scheduled to come home from Iraq less just a few weeks after he was killed. He was scheduled to marry Brea Tate in March. Soon after...

[Updated: 5:20 p.m., Wednesday] Matthew Steyart, the 21-year-old soldier from Mount Shasta killed earlier this week in Afghanistan, was remembered Wednesday as an enthusiastic, likeable, hard-working and fun-loving outdoorsman. "He had a great work ethic that was a part of everything in his life," said Rodney Greer, his wrestling coach at Mount Shasta High School, where Steyart graduated in 2002. "He just gave 100 percent, from zero to full throttle, nothing in between. That was the way he lived his life." The Army said in a press release that Steyart died Tuesday while on patrol in the village of Shah...