[Kathy in Alaska]

ARGHHH....I am reposting to the right thread.

2 Alaskans killed by bomb in Iraq Soldiers from Anchorage, North Pole served multiple combat tours

By BETH BRAGG and JAMES HALPIN
Daily News reporters

Published: November 8, 2007
Last Modified: November 8, 2007 at 01:54 AM

Staff Sgt. Carletta Davis didn't get to give her husband and three sons a hug before she went off to war nine weeks ago. The boys and their dad got to Fort Drum, N.Y., one day after she was deployed.

Now they're on their way to Alaska for Davis' funeral.

Davis, 34, who grew up in Anchorage, was one of two Alaskans killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Tal Al-Dahab, Iraq.

Sgt. Derek Stenroos, 24, of North Pole, was also killed in the attack, along with two other soldiers with Fort Drum's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division: Pfc. Adam Muller of Underhill, Vt., and Staff Sgt. John Linde of New York City.

Stenroos, a military policeman who planned to become an Alaska State Trooper when his military commitment was over, was in Iraq for the second time in about three years. Davis, a medic, was there for the third time in less than five years.

The 1st Brigade left Fort Drum for Kirkuk, Iraq, on Sept. 6 -- the day before Davis' husband, Thomas, and their children, 14-year-old Treyton, 13-year-old Theodore and 8-year-old Tyrique, arrived. The family had driven to New York from Seattle, where Thomas Davis had just received his physician's assistant degree.

Staff Sgt. Carletta Davis didn't get to give her husband and three sons a hug before she went off to war nine weeks ago. The boys and their dad got to Fort Drum, N.Y., one day after she was deployed.

Stenroos, a 2001 North Pole High School graduate, joined the Army in January 2004. By December of that year, he was in Iraq.

During his first deployment, he suffered minor injuries when another roadside bomb exploded near his convoy, said Walt Armstrong, activities director at the North Pole school.

Stenroos is the first North Pole graduate to have been killed in Iraq, Armstrong said. More than 20 have served in the war, and one was shot by a sniper but lived, he said.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Lady Jag]

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Rest in Peace:
Staff Sgt Carletta Davis
Sgt Derek Stenroos
Pfc. Adam Muller
Staff Sgt John Linde
May God welcome you home..

[Fawnn]

Sad story. I wonder if Davis’ husband and sons arrived late or if she had to deploy early.

[MountainDad]

Thanks for heads up, Kathy. This is my son’s Brigade. I haven’t heard from him yet. Any word on which Battalion or Company?

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks, Kathy. Sad news. I just read some newspaper reports about each of these soldiers; what fine people, they did so much good and will now be missed.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Prayers Up...

GOD Bless...

[SoldierDad]

Prayers for the families of these brave heroes. Thanks for the ping Kathy.