Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson

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Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson, 20, of Columbus, Ga.

Spc. Anderson was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Jan. 1, 2010 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from a non-combat-related incident.

A Fort Drum soldier died in a non-combat incident Friday in Iraq, the Defense Department said today.

Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson, 20, of Columbus, Ga., died in Baghdad of wounds from a non-combat injury, the Army said. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry).

The military provided no other information about the death.
Spc. Anderson joined the Army in October, 2007 and arrived at Fort Drum in May 2008

Governor David A. Paterson has directed that flags on New York State government buildings be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, January 6, in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Baghdad on January 1.

Army Specialist Brushaun Anderson, a resident of Columbus, Georgia, died of wounds suffered in a non-combat related incident. Specialist Anderson was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

"On behalf of all New Yorkers, I would like to express my sympathy to the friends, family, and fellow soldiers of Specialist Anderson," Governor Paterson said. "While he was not a native New Yorker, we consider all members of the 10th Mountain Division to be honorary sons and daughters of the Empire State. We regret his death, but we will honor his service."

Governor Paterson has directed that flags on all State buildings be lowered to half-staff in honor and tribute to our State’s service members who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.

On his Facebook page, Anderson called himself "The King of SOL," a reference to being out of luck. His last activity there was Dec. 28

He is survived by his mother Berthynia Anderson, father Willie Monique Anderson, maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Anderson of Columbus, GA, paternal grandmother, Cornelius Coleman of Columbus, GA, 8 brothers and one sister.

Army Spc. Brushaun X. Anderson was killed in a non-combat related incident on 01/01/10.