Funeral services for Chief Warrant Officer Mathew C. Heffelfinger have been scheduled for Nov. 20 at the Kimberly LDS Stake Center, with burial following in Sunset Memorial Park in Twin Falls, according to a death notice submitted to the Times-News.

Jim Acklin said that in his 31 years in education, he met more than 5,000 students, and Maj. Audo stood out, both on the St. Joseph-Ogden High School track team and in honors biology.

Hopper joined the Army in January 2008 — just months after he started classes at Merced Junior College in California.

On Oct. 30, when he died, he was near completing a yearlong deployment to Iraq. He was killed southeast of Karadah in a vehicle roll-over, military officials said. He was assigned to Fort Bragg.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico National Guard said a 39-year-old soldier deployed to Iraq has died after a heart attack.

Spc. Joseph L. Gallegos of Questa died Wednesday in Tallil, Iraq. He was a vehicle mechanic with the 720th Transportation Company out of Las Vegas, N.M.

About 130 members of the unit left New Mexico on May 14 for training before deploying to Iraq in July.

McALLEN — Military officials disclosed more details Thursday about an Alton soldier killed in Iraq this week.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bradley Espinoza, 26, of Alton, died Monday in Qwest, Iraq, after enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Espinoza was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division based in Fort Hood.

CBS7 News -- HILLSBORO Investigators in Hill County are still trying to piece together the motives behind the fatal shooting of an Army soldier by an Odessa woman in what Hill County Sheriff Jeffrey Lyon called “a tragic accident.”

Lyon said 24-year-old April Danielle Thompson was charged with manslaughter after police accused her of firing a gun and fatally wounding 20-year-old Army Pvt. Cody Patterson early Saturday in his home in Blum, about 40 miles north of Waco. Lyon said investigators did not find any evidence to suggest the homicide was premeditated and deliberate, though they accused Thompson of running from Patterson’s home after the shooting and fleeing 30 miles away to Glen Rose.

According to military officials, Pfc. Daniel J. Rivera, 22, of Rochester died Sunday morning in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries he suffered in a motor-vehicle accident. Rivera’s relatives initially thought he died in Afghanistan.

Rivera, a 2005 graduate of Victor High School, joined the Army in October 2008 and had been stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas, since December.