Army Pfc. Chad M. Trimble

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Army Pfc. Chad M. Trimble, 29, of West Covina, Calif.

Pfc. Trimble was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died May 28, 2008 near Gardez, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.

Fort Campbell soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The military says a Fort Campbell soldier from California has died in Afghanistan.

The Defense Department says 29-year-old Pfc. Chad M. Trimble of West Covina, Calif., died Wednesday near Gardez of injuries he sustained when a roadside bomb exploded.

Trimble was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, which is based at the sprawling Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line.

Army Pfc. Chad M. Trimble remembered
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Chad M. Trimble’s mother said that after the terrorist attacks on New York on Sept. 11, 2001, her son started to take an interest in joining the Army.

After several years of growing interest, he signed up in 2007.

“I think it was something he wanted to do since he was a little boy,” Nancy Trimble said.

Trimble, 29, of West Covina, Calif., was killed by a roadside bomb May 28 near Gardez, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Fort Campbell, Ky.

He was known as a social guy. “This home was where all the kids would come,” said Tim Trimble, his father. “It was incredible to see the energy of all those young people.”

“He was the smallest boy in the neighborhood,” said Gaye Wingfield, a neighbor. “He had the cutest giggle and would run around the neighborhood with a group of older boys.”

Trimble’s family and friends all said they were proud of the choices he made. “I hope all of America and the world will take a minute to pray for Chad,” said his father. “He paid the ultimate price for us.”

He also is survived by his wife, Rosanna, and two daughters, Steffani and Micaela.

Army Pfc. Chad M. Trimble was killed in action on 05/28/08.