thedrifter
08-12-02, 09:49 AM
August 12, 2002
SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN AFGHANISTAN
The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. 1st Class
Christopher James Speer, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., died on Aug.
7 as the result of wounds received in action in Afghanistan on
July 27.
Speer was one of five soldiers wounded in the same incident and
had been evacuated to Germany for medical care. The other four
soldiers' injuries were not life threatening and they were
treated at Bagram.
Speer was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Army Special Operations
Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.
SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN AFGHANISTAN
The Department of Defense announced today that Sgt. 1st Class
Christopher James Speer, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., died on Aug.
7 as the result of wounds received in action in Afghanistan on
July 27.
Speer was one of five soldiers wounded in the same incident and
had been evacuated to Germany for medical care. The other four
soldiers' injuries were not life threatening and they were
treated at Bagram.
Speer was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Army Special Operations
Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.