Posted: 5/10/2006 4:04:06 PM EDT
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Army 1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz, 46, of Las Vegas, Nev.; assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Abilene, Texas.; attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; killed May 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were: Spc. Teodoro Torres and Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho. Army Spc. Teodoro Torres, 29, of Las Vegas, Nev.; assigned to the 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Abilene, Texas.; attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; killed May 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were: 1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz and Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho. Army Sgt. Nathan J. Vacho, 29, of Janesville, Wis.; assigned to the 489th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Knoxville, Tenn.; attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division; killed May 5 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Also killed were: 1st. Sgt. Carlos N. Saenz and Spc. Teodoro Torres. 
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We got word about this at our drill last weekend. The real bugger wasn't that it was the IED that killed them. After the explosion control of the vehicle was lost and they went head on into a tractor-trailer. 1SG Saenz (pronounced like "signs") used to be the 1SG of the 1864th Trans Co. Nat'l Guard unit in Henderson. He moved to the reserve unit on Sahara a little over two years ago. Friggin hajis... |