Riley soldier dies in Iraq attack

[unhappycamper]

Riley soldier dies in Iraq attack
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jan 6, 2009 15:16:19 EST

FORT RILEY, Kan. — A Fort Riley soldier has died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit in Iraq.

The Army says 22-year-old Pvt. Benjamin Tollefson of Concord, Calif., died Wednesday in Balad, Iraq. Tollefson was an infantryman assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based at the northeast Kansas post.

Fort Riley spokeswoman Deb Skidmore said Tollefson was in his first tour of duty in Iraq. He entered the Army August 2007 and was assigned to Fort Riley in March 2008.

To date, 159 Fort Riley soldiers have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_soldier_killed_010609/%2e



uhc comment: To date four thousand two hundred twenty two soldiers have died in the invasion and continued occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/oif/

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Way too many soldiers from Fort Riley are dying

and nothing in our local news.