Tuesday, August 19, 2008

1st Lt. Donald C. Carwile, Pfc. Paul E. Conlon Jr.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 15 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and then received small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

Killed were:

1st Lt. Donald C. Carwile, 29, of Oxford, Va., and

Pfc. Paul E. Conlon Jr., 21, of Somerville, Mass.

The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Donnie, I will miss you very much.

Anonymous said...

Donnie, I am glad I got to meet you before you went over seas. You seemed to be a great husband, father, son, brother and soldier. I looked up to you. You are a fine and ture American. Thank you for your sacrafice. You will be missed.

Brad

Anonymous said...

Donnie, OCS class 09-06 will surely miss you.