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Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 | 7:22 a.m.
Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez
The 66th military member with ties to Nevada has died in overseas wars since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Pentagon said.
It's the second casualty in a week involving a Nevadan, the Defense Department said.
Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Reno and born in Las Vegas, was one of seven soldiers killed Monday when a helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan.
Chavez was with the Army's 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne) from Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
He is survived by his father, Pedro Hernandez; mother, Eustolia Hernandez of Las Vegas; and two sisters, Cristina and Mayra Hernandez.
Hernandez was a flight engineer, the Pentagon said.
The MH-47 helicopter went down in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. The others killed were Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, Ga.; Chief Warrant Officer Niall Lyongs, 40, of Spokane, Wash.; Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, of Terrell, Texas; Sgt. Nikolas A. Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, Wis.; Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, of San Diego; and Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, of Medford N.Y.
Another soldier with ties to the Las Vegas Valley was killed last week. Army Pfc. Kimble A. Han, 30, a former Cheyenne High School student from North Las Vegas, was killed in a roadside bomb attack Oct. 23. He had moved from Southern Nevada to Lehi, Utah, about a year ago.
Thank you Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez for your service and ultimate sacrifice. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. You are a true American Hero.
DEAR MR OBOOMA,I AM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING OF MY SOLIDERS DIEING IN SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD END WITH THE A SWOOP OF YOUR PEN.IF OUR TROOPS NEED MORE HELP,GIVE IT TOO THEM!IF THEY NEED MORE FUNDING,GIVE IT TO THEM!IM TIRED OF YOU GIVEING MY TAX DOLLARS TO THESE COMPANIES THAT DO NOTHING FOR THE SAME PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE GIVEING OUR MONEY TOO!REMEMBER MR PRES,YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SLEEP UNDER THE SAME BLANKET OF FREEDOM,THAT THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMAN PROVIDE!GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED,AND LETS END THIS DAMN THING NOW!!!!!!!
if you can't win the war in eight years
then you're not going to win that war.
american troops are practice targets for the
taliban.
what did the taliban ever do to us, anyway?
what a creep bush is.
what war? it was an invasion.