Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Our Latest American Hero #34


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Army Sgt. Wakkuna A. Jackson, 21, of Jacksonville, Fla.; assigned to the 710th Combat Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed Aug. 19 when an improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy vehicle in Kunar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Spc. Robert E. Drawl Jr. and Spc. Christopher F. Sitton.

“Three 3rd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan”

Blackanthem Military News, FORT DRUM, New York – Three Spartan Brigade Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 19 when their vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device.

Sgt. Wakkuna A. Jackson, Cpl. Christopher F. Sitton and Spc. Robert E. Drawl Jr., were all members of the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

The Soldiers were part of a convoy transporting supplies to an outlying camp when they were killed.

Sgt. Wakkuna A. Jackson, 21, was a health care specialist assigned to Company C, 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

Jackson, originally from Jacksonville, Fla., enlisted in the Army in February 2004 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. She was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from April to August 2004 to attend advanced training to become a combat medic.

She deployed with her unit to Afghanistan in early 2006.

Jackson's awards and decorations include the National Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Afghanistan Campaign Medal and the Driver Badge.

She is survived by her mother, father and two sisters.

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