A memorial is to be held today at 3 p.m. in the Lewis North Chapel for 5th Stryker Brigade soldier Kyle Wright who was killed January 13 in Afghanistan.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Family, friends, Service members and the Joint Base community will remember a Soldier who died while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom with a ceremony to be conducted Friday, February 5, at 3 p.m. in the JBLM Lewis North Chapel.
Spc. Kyle J. Wright, 22, of Romeoville, Ill., died Jan. 13 at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered earlier that day when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division.
The brigade deployed to Afghanistan in July, 2009.
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