Sgt. Russell A. Kurtz
Hometown: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Age: 22 years old
Died: February 11, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb detonated near his vehicle during combat operations in Fallujah.
Related Links:
More than 500 honor Bethel Park soldier (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Feb. 20, 2007)
Soldier slain in Iraq had put off college (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 13, 2007)
