The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. David T. Proctor, 26, of Greensboro, N.C., died March 13, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from injuries sustained during a non-combat incident on March 3, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
For more information media may contact Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Public Affairs Office at 912-210-9375 or after-hours at 912-767-8666.
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By Ryan Smith
March 14, 2013
Spc. David T. Proctor, who died Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, was one of several 3rd ID casualties this week.
A 3rd Infantry Division soldier died Wednesday from wounds sustained early in March, according to a Fort Stewart press release. The death is the latest of several 3rd ID casualties this week.
Spc. David T. Proctor, 26, died Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., from wounds suffered during a non-combat incident March 3 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Proctor, an infantryman, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID. He joined the Army in August of 2011 and arrived at his unit in November of that year, according to the release. This was his first deployment.
Proctor's death was one of several this week for 3rd ID. On Monday, Staff Sgt. Rex L. Schad, 26, died from injuries suffered when he was attacked by small-arms fire. Schad was also a member of Fort Stewart's 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team.
Also killed Monday were five soldiers assigned to Hunter Army Airfield, according to Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson. The soldiers died in a helicopter crash outside Kandahar. The Department of Defense has not yet released their names.
March 14, 2013
Spc. David T. Proctor, who died Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, was one of several 3rd ID casualties this week.
A 3rd Infantry Division soldier died Wednesday from wounds sustained early in March, according to a Fort Stewart press release. The death is the latest of several 3rd ID casualties this week.
Spc. David T. Proctor, 26, died Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., from wounds suffered during a non-combat incident March 3 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Proctor, an infantryman, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ID. He joined the Army in August of 2011 and arrived at his unit in November of that year, according to the release. This was his first deployment.
Proctor's death was one of several this week for 3rd ID. On Monday, Staff Sgt. Rex L. Schad, 26, died from injuries suffered when he was attacked by small-arms fire. Schad was also a member of Fort Stewart's 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team.
Also killed Monday were five soldiers assigned to Hunter Army Airfield, according to Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson. The soldiers died in a helicopter crash outside Kandahar. The Department of Defense has not yet released their names.
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