Tuesday, May 29, 2012

** North Carolina based combat medic killed in Afghanistan

** West Virginia town names bridge after WWII combat medic LODD

UNITED STATES NEWS

** Little information is being released, but WRAL (May 27) is reporting that an Oklahoma combat medic has been killed in Afghanistan. According to the news site, Hospitalman Eric D. Warren of Shawnee died after an IED exploded in Helmand province Saturday. Warren was based out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.

** A West Virginia combat medic, killed while tending a wounded soldier in World War II France, will be honored by his home state by the naming of a bridge in his memory. That is the word from the Associated Press (May 26) which said Technician Fifth Grade Victor A. Osburn will see the Buckhannon span connecting Randolph and Upshur counties bear his moniker. Along with being a medic, Ellamore resident Osburn was also a paratrooper. He was awarded the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts prior to his death in August 1944.