SALUTING THE BRAVE: WA-Based Soldier Killed In Afghanistan - Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com

SALUTING THE BRAVE: WA-Based Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

Posted: Updated:

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) - The Defense Department says a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Stryker soldier from Ohio has been killed in Afghanistan.
    
The department says 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Wesley Williams of New Carlisle, Ohio, was killed Monday in Kandahar province when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
    
The News Tribune reports Williams served with Lewis-McChord's 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which deployed last month to replace another Stryker unit in southern Afghanistan.
    
Williams joined the Army in 2005. He reported to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck, Germany, in 2006 and deployed with the unit to Iraq in 2007 as a radio telephone operator.
    
The Army assigned him to Lewis-McChord's 4th Brigade in February 2009, and he deployed to Iraq later that year as a rifleman.
    
The newspaper says he was an infantry squad leader in this Afghan deployment.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

  • Most Popular StoriesMost Popular Stories

  • Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:26 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:26:35 GMT
    SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - The body of a 46-year-old female has been found at the Oxford Suites Hotel in Spokane Valley.
    SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - The body of a 46-year-old female has been found at the Oxford Suites Hotel in Spokane Valley. Staff members found the body in the floor room on Wednesday afternoon. At this hour we're awaiting more details from authorities. >>>SEND BREAKING NEWS VIDEO AND PICTURES TO PIX@KHQ.COM|

  • Thursday, May 23 2013 2:07 AM EDT2013-05-23 06:07:30 GMT
    SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police Department needs your help in locating a missing 13 year-old girl. Janna Smith was last seen at her residence at 2600 E 38th this afternoon around 4:30pm. She is described
    SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police Department needs your help in locating a missing 13 year-old girl. Janna Smith was last seen at her residence at 2600 E 38th this afternoon around 4:30pm. She is described as a Pacific Islander, 5'1", 120 lbs, wears glasses, shoulder-length black hair, possibly wearing a Bloomsday T-shirt. She functions at the 8-9 year old level. If you have any idea where she is, please call 911.

  • Thursday, May 23 2013 2:49 AM EDT2013-05-23 06:49:37 GMT
    SPOKANE, Wash. - The FBI says a 37-year-old man has been arrested following last week's discovery in Washington state of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
    SPOKANE, Wash. - The FBI says a 37-year-old man has been arrested following last week's discovery in Washington state of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Matthew Ryan Buquet made his initial appearance in federal court in Spokane following his arrest Wednesday afternoon. READ MORE DETAILS INSIDE OF THE STORY>>>