Staff Sgt. Shaun J. Whitehead
Hometown: Commerce, Georgia, U.S.
Age: 24 years old
Died: April 24, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Killed when he encountered a makeshift bomb while on a dismounted patrol in Iskandariyah.
Related Links:
War claims yet another exceptional person (Athens Banner-Herald, Ga., April 28, 2008)
Blast in Iraq kills local soldier (Online Athens, Ga., April 26, 2008)
Jackson County's First Iraq War Casualty Remembered As A Son, Husband, Father (Main Street Newspapers, Ga., May 8, 2008)
