Army Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag

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Army Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag, 29, of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

SSgt Firtamag was assigned to 96th Combat Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; died Feb. 24, 2011 in Pembroke, Ky., after being medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan on Dec. 1, 2010, for treatment of a non-combat illness.

Fort Campbell says a 101st Airborne Division soldier who had served in Afghanistan until December has died of liver cancer.

The Defense Department says 29-year-old Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag of Pohnpei, Micronesia, was medically evacuated from Kandahar to the U.S. on Dec. 1 and died Thursday in Pembroke, Ky.

He was an avionic radar repairer assigned to Bravo Company, 96th Combat Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. He joined the Army in March 2003 and arrived at Fort Campbell in January 2007.

Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag, 29, of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, was medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to the United States on Dec. 1, according to a Department of Defense news release.

The soldier died, under hospice care, of metastatic liver cancer, according to a Fort Campbell news release.

He joined the Army in March 2003 and arrived at Fort Campbell in January 2007. His awards and decorations include: Army Commendation Medal; Joint Meritorious Unit Award; Army Good Conduct Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; Overseas Service Ribbon; North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal and Army Service Ribbon.

Staff Sgt. Firtamag is survived by his wife, Kimberley Firtamag of Hopkinsville, Ky.; father, John Firtamag and mother, Ruth Giyeg both of San Antonio, Texas.





Army Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag died from a non-combat illness on 2/24/11.