07-17-2008, 12:42
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SSG David W. Textor
RELEASE NUMBER: 080717-04
DATE POSTED: JULY 17, 2008
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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.
--usasoc--
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07-17-2008, 12:48
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RIP, hermano.
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07-17-2008, 12:50
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Rest Peace Prayers for the family.
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07-17-2008, 12:51
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Practice honesty and integrity; rescue the man who has been wronged from the hands of his oppressor; do not exploit the stranger, the orphan, the widow; do no violence; shed no innocent blood in this place. Jer 22:3
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07-17-2008, 12:55
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In pace requiescat SSG Textor.
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07-17-2008, 13:01
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RIP, Warrior.......
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07-17-2008, 13:08
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07-17-2008, 13:35
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Rest in Peace
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07-17-2008, 13:38
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Go in peace, Sgt Textor
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07-17-2008, 13:39
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RIP Brother. My prayers are with your family and your team so that they can recover and get back into the fight with the rest of us.
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07-17-2008, 13:44
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RIP...
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07-17-2008, 14:00
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07-17-2008, 14:03
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Rest in Peace
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07-17-2008, 14:50
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Rest In Peace SSGT Textor!
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07-17-2008, 15:22
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Rest in Peace Brother
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