Army Private Kurt R. Frosheiser
Age: 22
From: Des Moines, Iowa
Assigned To: 2nd Bat., 6th Inf. Reg., 1st Armored Div.
Based In: Baumholder, Germany
Fatality Date: Saturday, November 08, 2003
Fatality Cause: Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
Fatality Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Here is the Pentagon's press release:
No. 838-03
IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2003
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DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser, 22, of Des Moines, Iowa, was killed on Nov. 8 in Baghdad, Iraq. Frosheiser was the driver of a vehicle on mounted patrol when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Frosheiser was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down on Nov. 7 in Tikrit, Iraq. There were six soldiers killed in action on board the helicopter. The names of four soldiers killed in the incident were previously announced on Nov. 9. Also killed were:
Capt. Benedict J. Smith, 29, of Monroe City, Mo. Smith was assigned to 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Command Sergeant Major Cornell W. Gilmore I, 45, of Baltimore, Md. Gilmore was assigned to the Judge Advocate General Office, Headquarters Department of the Army, Pentagon.
These incidents are under investigation.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/nr20031110-0632.html