 The Courier-Journal -- A soldier from Trigg County has died in Iraq from in juries not related to combat , according to the Department of Defense.
Spc. Jason E. Ames, 21, of Cerulean in Western Kentucky, died Wednesday in Mosul.
Ames was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), based at Fort Lewis, Wash.
Ames' family declined to comment and referred calls to the Pentagon.
Col. Pamela Hart at Army Headquarters said no other information was immediately available about Ames' death. |
I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
"Duty"(21st Inf. Motto)