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United States Department of Defense News Release On the web: Media contact: media@defenselink.mil Public contact: public@defenselink.mil |
| No. 275-03 | |
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE | April 25, 2003 |
The Department of Defense announced today it has changed the status of Army Sgt. Troy David Jenkins, 25, of Ridgecrest, Calif., from Wounded in Action to Died of Wounds received in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On April 19, 2003, Sgt. Jenkins was on a dismounted patrol with other soldiers when he was injured as result of an explosion. Sgt. Jenkins died from his injuries at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, on Friday, April 24, 2003.
Jenkins was assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, Fort Campbell, Ky.
In any event, his is an amazing story of heroism:
Repton (Alabama) soldier dies (Troy Jenkins, hero who threw himself on bomb to save unit and children)
Rest in peace, Sergeant Jenkins.
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