Monday, October 24, 2011

Army Ranger Killed on 14th Combat Deployment Since 2001

Army Ranger Killed on 14th Combat Deployment

October 24, 2011
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash
by Stacia Glenn

Two Soldiers with Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Army Ranger battalion were killed Saturday when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, of San Diego, and Pfc. Christopher A. Horns, 20, of Colorado Springs, Colo., were mortally wounded in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, according to the U.S. Special Operations Command.

Both were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.

Domeij, who was on his 14th deployment, enlisted in the Army in July 2001 after graduating from Rancho Bernardo High School.

His commanders called him irreplaceable.
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