SSG Mardis

[Dan]

All,

I didn't want to post here until it was officially released and it just got released as you can see. The memorial will be next week at Fort Campbell, KY with other plans to follow.

RIP, Dan

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis, Jr., 25, of Palmetto, Fla., died July 15 in Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained on May 20 in Mosul, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Mardis was assigned to the Army�s 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, from Fort Campbell, Ky.