https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1210522/dod-identifies-army-casualties/source/GovDelivery/It accordance with DoD policy, now that next-of kin have been identified the names of those 101st Airborne Division soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan while supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel on June 10 of gunshot wounds sustained in Peka Valley, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
Image: Eric Houck (l), William Bays (top r) and Dillon Baldridge (bottom r).
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
Press Operations Release No: NR-220-17
June 12, 2017
The Department of Defense announced today the death of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
They died June 10 in Peka Valley, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, of gunshot wounds sustained in Peka Valley, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation.
The Soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY.
Killed were:
Sgt. Eric M. Houck, 25, of Baltimore, Maryland;
Sgt. William M. Bays, 29 of Barstow, California; and
Corporal Dillon C. Baldridge, 22 of Youngsville, North Carolina"
Prayers for the friends and families of Sgt. Eric M. Houck, Sgt. William M. Bays, Corporal Dillon C. Baldridge as they grive their deaths.