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07-17-2008, 12:42
RELEASE NUMBER: 080717-04
DATE POSTED: JULY 17, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier dies from non-battle incident
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 17, 2008) – An Army Special Forces Soldier died from a non-battle death incident July 15 in Mosul, Iraq while in support of combat operations.
Staff Sgt. David W. Textor, 27, a native of Jamestown, N.Y., was killed when he was involved in a vehicle accident. He was a Special Forces weapons sergeant assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Textor is survived by his wife, Colette and their five children, Caleb, McKenna, Ryan, Boden and Jadon of Olympia, Wash.; his father Bill Textor, of Pine City, Minn.; his mother and stepfather, Jennie and Kevin Lindberg of Roanoke, Va.; and his five sisters, Laurie, Michelle, Terra, Karen and Kellie.
The incident is still under investigation.
For further information, media should contact the U.S. Army Special Forces Command Public Affairs Office during duty hours at 910-432-2269 or after duty hours at 910-689-6187.
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DATE POSTED: JULY 17, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier dies from non-battle incident
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 17, 2008) – An Army Special Forces Soldier died from a non-battle death incident July 15 in Mosul, Iraq while in support of combat operations.
Staff Sgt. David W. Textor, 27, a native of Jamestown, N.Y., was killed when he was involved in a vehicle accident. He was a Special Forces weapons sergeant assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Textor is survived by his wife, Colette and their five children, Caleb, McKenna, Ryan, Boden and Jadon of Olympia, Wash.; his father Bill Textor, of Pine City, Minn.; his mother and stepfather, Jennie and Kevin Lindberg of Roanoke, Va.; and his five sisters, Laurie, Michelle, Terra, Karen and Kellie.
The incident is still under investigation.
For further information, media should contact the U.S. Army Special Forces Command Public Affairs Office during duty hours at 910-432-2269 or after duty hours at 910-689-6187.
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