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'Raider' Brigade Remembers Staff Sgt. Eric Stanley Trueblood
(March 18, 2011) |
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Army Staff Sgt. Eric Stanley Trueblood, a 27-year-old native of Alameda, Calif., died March 10,
2011 in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan
(3/14/2011) – 'Raider' Brigade mourns the loss
of one of our own, who died, March 10, in
Kandahar City of wounds suffered when enemy
forces attacked his unit with an improvised
explosive device.
Staff Sgt. Eric Stanley
Trueblood, a 27-year-old native of Alameda,
Calif., was assigned to 723rd Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Company, 391st Combat Sustainment
Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade,
Spinelli Barracks, Mannheim, Germany. The 723rd
EOD Company is currently attached to 1st Brigade
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.
“Eric
was an exceptional leader who led from the front
regardless of the danger, said Capt. Patrick J.
Motto, commander, 723rd Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Company, 391st Combat Sustainment
Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade,
currently attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team,
4th Infantry Division. “He loved being an EOD
soldier and prided himself on his
professionalism and competence.”
Trueblood enlisted in the Army as a light wheel
vehicle mechanic, May 15, 2003. After completing
Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training,
he reported to Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov. 17,
2003, to serve as a light wheel mechanic with
699th Maintenance Company, 1916th Support
Battalion, 916th Support Brigade. |
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Trueblood deployed to Kuwait February 2004 with the 699th
Maintenance Company for 12 months before returning to Fort
Irwin. He deployed to Afghanistan with the 699th again in
February 2006, to serve a 12 month combat deployment.
On Nov. 16, 2007, Trueblood reported to Redstone
Arsenal, Ala., to receive training as an explosives ordnance
disposal specialist. Upon completion of his training,
Trueblood reported to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., for
advanced training as an explosive ordnance disposal
specialist.
Upon completion of advanced EOD training,
Trueblood reported to Spinelli Barracks in Mannheim,
Germany, to serve as an EOD sergeant with 723rd EOD Company,
391st CSS Bn., 16th Sustainment BDE.
Trueblood
deployed to Afghanistan with the 723rd EOD Company, in June
2010.
‘We were lucky to have a non-commissioned
officer like Staff Sgt. Trueblood attached to our unit, and
we will remember his dedication to the mission, his
inspirational leadership and his courage,” said Motto.
Trueblood is survived by his mother, Linda L. Trueblood,
and his father, Donald C. Trueblood. |
By Army Sgt. Breanne Pye
1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs
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