|
Search Tributes |
There are9,708 Tributes and 23,858 Condolences In LU's Database
LU Tributes Honoring Victims of War and Terror!
|
 |
|
Who's Online |
There are currently, 420 guest(s) and 0 member(s) that are online.
You are an Anonymous user. You can register for free by clicking here
|
|
|
|  |
|  |
|
|
| |
Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher L. Shepherd |
| |
 Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher L. Shepherd
26, of Lynchburg, Va.; assigned to the 767th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.; killed Feb. 11 when an improvised explosive device detonated during clearing operations in Baghdad.
Lynchburg native killed in Iraq
Associated Press
LYNCHBURG, Va. — A soldier from Lynchburg was killed in Iraq when an explosive device detonated during clearing operations in Baghdad, the Defense Department said.
Staff Sgt. Kristopher L. Shepherd, 26, died Friday, the department said Sunday.
Shepherd was assigned to the Army’s 767th Ordnance Company at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. His unit had already been to Afghanistan, where his hands and face were burned in an explosion, before shipping out to Iraq in January, his family said.
Shepherd, a husband and father of two, married his high school sweetheart and decided to join the military when he was 17, his mother, Sheila Campbell, told the News & Advance of Lynchburg. The couple figured a military career would offer them a good future.
Shepherd started as a mechanic after joining the Army, then decided to work as an explosives ordnance disposal specialist, his mother told the newspaper. He also turned down other opportunities in the Army to stay with the tight-knit explosives unit.
“He was an exceptional soldier with a positives ‘can do’ attitude,” said Charles Barley, who supervised Shepherd before retiring from the Army explosives unit.
If Afghanistan, Shepherd’s unit defused several devices and unexploded military ordnance left over from the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, Barley said.
Shepherd also enjoyed a good laugh and was a prankster, his mother said.
“If he could pull a practical joke on you, he would,” she said.
Died:
February 11, 2005
|
.:: Light A Candle & Post Your Condolences ::.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Condolences :
|   
Prayers & Condolences For:
Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher L. Shepherd
BY acidburnny on Jun 24, 2005 | |  |
The Marine
We all came together,
Both young and old.
To fight for our freedom,
To stand and be bold.
In the midst of all evil,
We stand our ground,
And we protect our country
From all terror around.
Peace and not war,
Is what some people say.
But I'll give my life
So you can live the American way.
I give you the right
To talk of your peace,
To stand in your group
And protest in our streets.
But still I fight on.
I don't bitch,
I don't whine.
I'm just one of the men
Who is doing your time.
I'm harder than nails,
Stronger than any machine,
I'm the immortal soldier,
I'm a US MARINE!
So stand in my shoes,
And leave from your home.
Fight for the people who hate you,
With the protests they've shown.
Fight for the stranger,
Fight for the young,
So they all may have,
The great freedom you've won.
Fight for the sick,
Fight for the poor.
Fight for the cripple,
Who lives next door.
But when your time comes,
Do what I've done.
For if you stand up for freedom
You'll stand when the fight's done.
Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert
UNITED STATES MARINE USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF
| | | |
|
Main » Soldiers » US Marine
| |
|
Survey |
|
|
|
|
|
Wall Of Prayers |
Wall Of Prayers
Wall Of Prayers
|
|
|
|
