11-13-2007, 17:56
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SSG Patrick F. Kutschbach
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http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20...071113-04.html
RELEASE NUMBER: 071113-04
DATE POSTED: NOVEMBER 13, 2007
PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Soldier killed in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov. 13, 2007) — An Army Special Forces Soldier died Nov. 10 as a result of injuries sustained during enemy small arms attack while conducting a combat operation in the Tagab Valley, Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Patrick F. Kutschbach, 25, was fatally wounded when his vehicle received direct rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire. He was a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha team weapons sergeant assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Boeblingen, Germany.
Kutschbach, a native of Pennsylvania, volunteered for military service and enlisted into the Army in Oct. 2003 as a Special Forces candidate. He attended Infantry Basic Training at Fort Benning, Ga., and the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, N.C. Kutschbach was assigned to Co. B, 1st Bn., 10th SFG(A) Panzer Kaserne (Panzer Barracks) in Boeblingen, Germany in December 2006.
Kutschbach is survived by his wife, Ginger; son, Bastian; of Atoka, Tenn.; father, David, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; mother, Debbie Huffner; and brothers David and Andrew, of McKees Rocks, Pa.
For Kutschbach's bio click RELEASE NUMBER: 071113-04
Bio http://news.soc.mil/releases/News%20...bio_USASFC.pdf
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11-13-2007, 18:19
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RIP, Sergeant.
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.
You will be remembered.
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11-13-2007, 18:43
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11-13-2007, 19:09
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Warrior, Husband, Dad...
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11-13-2007, 19:31
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Rest In Peace, Prayers out to the family.
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11-13-2007, 21:05
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Rest in Peace, SSG Kutschbach. Prayers out to your family and Brothers.
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11-13-2007, 21:15
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11-13-2007, 21:30
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11-13-2007, 21:38
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11-13-2007, 22:03
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Rest in Peace SSG Kutschbach.
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11-13-2007, 22:07
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11-13-2007, 22:40
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RIP SSG Kutschbach
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11-13-2007, 23:11
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Rest in Peace Brother!!
We will all be looking for you, on that Final DZ/LZ!!!
Peace be with you. Thoughts and Prayers Out for You and Your's!!
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11-14-2007, 08:33
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In pace reqiuescat Staff Sergeant Kutschbach.
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11-14-2007, 13:49
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