Kenner soldier dies in Baghdad

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Louisiana looses another soldier.

nola.com

Kenner soldier dies in Baghdad
National Guardsman shot while on patrol
Thursday, May 26, 2005
From staff and wire reports

A Kenner soldier was killed in Baghdad on Tuesday during a drive-by shooting at an observation point.

Peter J. Hahn, 31, became the 22nd National Guard soldier from Louisiana to die in Iraq, the 21st in combat. A total of 42 U.S. soldiers and Marines from Louisiana have been killed.

Hahn's family declined to comment about his death.

Hahn joined the National Guard in 1996 after serving three years in the Army and was posthumously promoted to the rank of sergeant first class.

Hahn was assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team.

He was one of the 3,000 Louisiana Guardsmen of the 256th Infantry Brigade who have been patrolling a section of suburban Baghdad since November.

Until recently, most of the deaths the unit suffered were from roadside bombs, but the most recent deaths, including Hahn's, were from hostile fire.

More National Guardsman from Louisiana have been killed than from any other state. The National Guard in New York and Arkansas have lost 16 soldiers each, and Mississippi has lost 14.

Nine U.S. soldiers were killed in several attacks in Iraq on Monday and Tuesday.

Three soldiers died Tuesday in central Baghdad when a bomb exploded as their convoy drove by. Thirty minutes later, Hahn was killed as he was in the back of his Bradley fighting vehicle.

Four soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion on Monday near Haswa, about 30 miles south of Baghdad, and a Marine was killed in Ramadi, west of the capital, according to the military.

[alicia-w]

This is just so sad. One is too many but we're losing more and more. Enough already!