Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 27 June, 2010
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment
Hometown: Exeter, Maine
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
They died June 27 in Konar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with small arms fire. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Eric B. Shaw, 31, of Exeter, Maine; and
Sgt. David W. Thomas, 40, of St. Petersburg, Fla.
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