The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Mark H. Schoonhoven, 38, of Plainwell, Mich., died Jan. 20, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device on Dec. 15, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
He was assigned to the 32nd Transportation Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
For more information the media may contact the Fort Carson public affairs office at 719-526-4143/7525 or after normal business hours at 719-526-5500.
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from Michigan MLIVE:
By Rex Hall Jr.
on January 23, 2013 at 3:27 PM, updated January 23, 2013 at 3:39 PM
on January 23, 2013 at 3:27 PM, updated January 23, 2013 at 3:39 PM
PLAINWELL, MI – A U.S. Army sergeant from Plainwell died Sunday from injuries he suffered last month when his unit was attacked in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Department of Defense has confirmed.
Sgt. Mark H. Schoonhoven, 38, was wounded Dec. 15 when his unit was attacked by enemy forces armed with an improvised explosive device, according to a news release issued Wednesday.
Schoonhoven died Sunday at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.
Schoonhoven, who had been in Afghanistan since November, was on his third deployment to the country when he was injured, DOD officials said.
Schoonhoven was assigned to the 32nd Transportation Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo.
Schoonhoven is the second soldier from Plainwell to be killed while serving a tour in Afghanistan.
In May 2011, Pvt. Thomas Allers, of Plainwell, and three other soldiers in his battalion were killed by a blast from an IED in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
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