Two from Fort Riley killed

Here are recent headlines about the military in Kansas:Fort Riley ¢ 1st Infantry Division(AP) Fort Riley soldiers killed: Two more soldiers from Fort Riley have been killed in combat, bringing to 114 the number of soldiers from the fort who have been killed while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Pfc. Andre Craig Jr., 24, of New Haven, Conn., died Monday of wounds sustained from a roadside bomb in Baghdad. Craig was an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. He entered the Army in October 2005 and began serving with the 1st Infantry Division in March 2006. This was his first deployment to Iraq. Capt. Darrell C. Lewis, 31, Washington, D.C., died Saturday in Vashir City, Afghanistan, after his unit was attacked by rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small-arms fire.(Washington Post) D.C. Army Captain Dies In Attack: Darrell C. Lewis had long astounded his family. He navigated one of Southeast Washington’s toughest neighborhoods before earning a scholarship to a private high school and another for college. After graduating from Wittenberg University, he joined the Army as an officer, rising to captain. From the start, his mother knew he had made the right choice. “You can’t express it in words; it was in his face,” Hannah Lewis said last night. “Being in the military was the happiest I’ve ever seen my child.” Lewis, 31, was killed Saturday in Vashir City, Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked by insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small arms, the Department of Defense said yesterday. He had been in Afghanistan since February. … Lewis, who was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division out of Fort Riley, Kan., is also survived by his father, Stanley Isiah Lewis, and his older brother, Stanley Jr.(Boston Globe) Soldier’s kin blame fatigue: The family of a soldier killed in Iraq on Monday are blaming his death on exhaustion, saying soldiers there are not getting enough rest. Private First Class Andre Craig Jr., 24, of New Haven, died of wounds sustained from the explosion of a roadside bomb in Baghdad. Craig, a graduate of Wilbur Cross High School, was an infantryman assigned to the Second Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, Fourth Infantry Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan. … “He was very tired; he was exhausted,” Brown said yesterday. “Due to that exhaustion, we believe that’s why we lost Andre. The soldiers are not getting rest. They’re tired.” An Army spokeswoman at Fort Riley did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the family’s assertions.(Military.com) Fort Riley Medic Earns Silver Star: Even after having been thrown several meters, knocked unconscious, set aflame and buried under rubble all as a result of a suicide-vehicle-borne IED, a Fort Riley medic braved small-arms fire to save the lives of fellow Soldiers and Iraqi policemen last year. Cpl. Clinton Warrick received the Army’s third highest award for valor during a June 18 ceremony at Riverside Park for his actions during a Sept. 18, 2006, insurgent attack, when he was serving as a medic with the 2nd Platoon, 300th Military Police Company, at the Al Huryia Iraqi Police Station. Maj. Gen. Carter Ham, commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, present Cpl. Warrick the Silver Star and other awards before his family and friends, and his former 300th MP Co. platoon leader, company commander and first sergeant.