Five Pennsylvania Patriots Killed In Action In Iraq
By: Import User
Updated: January 25, 2007
All of the guard members were from the same unit of the 109th Infantry based in New Milford.
The soldiers were on a routine patrol near Ramadi when an explosive device struck their vehicle.
The attack is the deadliest single attack in Iraq in over a month.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs the soliders who were killed in action are identified as
27-year-old Staff Sergeant Daniel Arnold of Montrose,
39-year-old Staff Sergeant George Pugliese of Carbondale,
20-year-old Specialist Lee Wiegand of Hallstead,
21-year-old Specialist Eric Slebodnik of Carbondale, and
19-year-old Specialist Oliver Brown of Athens.
All five soliders will be posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge.
