Remember Our Heroes
Army Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas
Spc. Lewis was assigned to the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Nov. 17, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Texas soldier dies in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — The Defense Department says a Fort Lewis soldier was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Twenty-six-year-old Spc. Joseph M. Lewis of Terrell, Texas, was a member of the 5th Stryker brigade.
The News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash., reports he was the 29th member of the brigade to die since it deployed in July.
Lewis previously served a 12-month tour in Korea and was on his first deployment to Afghanistan.
Lewis leaves behind a wife, Theresa, and an infant daughter, Abigail, according to the Terrell Tribune.
Army Spc. Joseph M. Lewis was killed in action on 11/17/09.
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