Reason of US Soldiers Death Still Unknown
Randy Jackson
KSDK, MO
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The death of a local soldier in Kuwait is a mystery to fellow members of the Missouri Army National Guard.
Members of the 1035th Maintenance Battalion got the news this weekend that a popular First Lieutenant was dead. A pall hung over the drilling fields of Jefferson Barracks. The legendary base had lost one of its own.
First Lt. Debra Banaszak of Bloomington, Ilinois, was a member of the 1035th Mainentance Company. Her unit was deployed last January and sent to Iraq, then redeployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait.Friday, the Department of Defense confirmed she had died of "a non-combat related injury," but would say little more.
A military investigation has been launched."There is one underway, and we're trying not to speculate while it's underway," says Lt. Col. James Tate of the Missouri National Guard. Lt. Col. Tate remembers training Banaszak in officers candidate school. "Very upbeat, always had the right attitude," he said of her.
Nov 01, 2005
Randy Jackson
KSDK, MO
______
The death of a local soldier in Kuwait is a mystery to fellow members of the Missouri Army National Guard.
Members of the 1035th Maintenance Battalion got the news this weekend that a popular First Lieutenant was dead. A pall hung over the drilling fields of Jefferson Barracks. The legendary base had lost one of its own.
First Lt. Debra Banaszak of Bloomington, Ilinois, was a member of the 1035th Mainentance Company. Her unit was deployed last January and sent to Iraq, then redeployed to Camp Victory, Kuwait.Friday, the Department of Defense confirmed she had died of "a non-combat related injury," but would say little more.
A military investigation has been launched."There is one underway, and we're trying not to speculate while it's underway," says Lt. Col. James Tate of the Missouri National Guard. Lt. Col. Tate remembers training Banaszak in officers candidate school. "Very upbeat, always had the right attitude," he said of her.
Nov 01, 2005
