Oklahoma killed in Kirkuk

[SnowGlobe7]

http://www.kjrh.com/news/state/oklahoma-soldier-master-sgt-joshua-l-wheeler-of-roland-killed-in-kirkuk-province-iraq?google_editors_picks=true

RIP my fellow Okie

[VIZIOIRAQI]

http://www.kjrh.com/news/state/oklahoma-soldier-master-sgt-joshua-l-wheeler-of-roland-killed-in-kirkuk-province-iraq?google_editors_picks=true

RIP my fellow Okie

LOL thats deffinately not OKIE! I just realized I was thinking of Okie the Oil man whom really was Lonnie Ray Richards and you were referring to this Soldier ! For those whom got confused for a second like me this is the real Okie oil man we all heard of http://okieoilmanscammer.blogspot.com/

 

In respect for this fine Soldier I solute you for your service to this country RIP my friend!

[TexasGranny]

Coalition identifies US commando killed in raid in northern Iraq as Joshua L. Wheeler

 

 

BAGHDAD –  A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq has identified the commando killed in a raid against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq as Master Sgt. Joshua L. Wheeler.

Army Col. Steve Warren said Friday that Wheeler, 39, was killed a day earlier when dozens of U.S. special operations troops and Iraqi forces raided a compound near the city of Kirkuk, freeing approximately 70 Iraqi prisoners from captivity.

Wheeler, a native of Roland, Oklahoma, is the first American to die in combat since the U.S. launched Operation Inherent Resolve, its campaign against the Islamic State group, last year.

The Department of Defense says Wheeler died from wounds caused by small-arms fire during the operation.

He was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

[Mammaw]

Thanks Granny for clarification. He was in a rescue operation. Amazing. So very young.

[gymrat76541]

The cost of freedom is never cheap!

 

God bless this soul to heaven!

[janieb1]

He was NOT an Okie, he was an Oklahoman.  All the Okies are in California.

[sandfly]

THANKS