Sunday, December 12, 2010

Honoring the California Fallen



Army Specialist Kenneth E. Necochea Jr., 21, of San Diego, CA was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY. SPC Necochea died Dec. 12 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.


Army Specialist Derek T. Simonetta, 21, of Redwood City, CA was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY. SPC Simonetta died Dec. 12 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.



Also killed were CPL. Sean M. Collins, CPL Willie A. McLawhorn Jr., SPC Patrick D. Deans, and SPC Jorge E. Villacis.

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