Remember Our Heroes
Army Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis, 24, of Bend, Ore.
Cpl. Ellis was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died May 11, 2008 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when her vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Campbell soldier killed in Iraq was health care worker
The (Clarksville) Leaf-Chronicle
A 101st Airborne Division soldier who was killed Sunday in Iraq was a health care specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis, 24, of Bend, Ore., died from wounds suffered when her vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, according to a news release from Fort Campbell.
Ellis entered the Army in September 2004 and arrived at Fort Campbell in May 2005. She is survived by her parents, Linda and Steven Ellis, of Baker City, Ore.
A memorial service for the fallen soldier will be held in Iraq. Fort Campbell holds a monthly Eagle Remembrance Ceremony the second Wednesday of each month, and today's ceremony will be 5 p.m. at McAuliffe Hall.
Governor: Lower flags for Oregon soldier killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Ted Kulongoski has ordered flags at public institutions to be flown at half-staff on Thursday in memory of Army Cpl. Jessica Ann Ellis of Baker City.
The 24-year-old medic was killed in action on May 11 when her vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad.
She was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Kulongoski says Ellis was a decorated soldier who served her state and her country with courage and conviction.
Oregon, he says, “will be less than we could have been without her.”
Army Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis remembered
The Associated Press
Jessica A. Ellis was friends with everybody in high school, said Bob Nash, her former principal.
“The typical barriers that separate certain types of people did not have any impact on her,” Nash said. “Whether they were a good student, a bad student, a top-notch athlete, she got on very well with everybody.”
Ellis, 24, a medic from Bend, Ore., was killed May 11 by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. She was assigned to Fort Campbell and was on her second tour of Iraq.
“She was a joy,” said Linda Conroy, who taught Ellis jazz, tap and ballet. “She was always helping, and she was just part of the group, a team player.”
Ellis participated in cross country, swimming and track. She graduated high school in 2002 and attended Central Oregon Community College in Bend — majoring in education — for a few years before entering the Army.
“You could always count on her,” said physical education teacher Bobbie Steninger. “Some people are good in a wide variety of ways, and she was the kind of person who always had a smile on her face.”
She is survived by her parents, Steve and Linda.
Army Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis was killed in action on 05/11/08.
1 comment:
I was not only stationed with CPL Ellis, but was also her supervisor at Fort Campbell, Ky. with the 2nd BSTB. She was a joy and a priveldge to have and was definitely commited to providing top notch medical care to the Soldiers that she served with. She will surely be missed and it was my honor to serve with her.
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