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Robert F. Baldwin

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:  21 September, 2010

Unit:   101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division

Hometown:  Muscatine, Iowa

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of five soldiers who died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. All soldiers were assigned to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

                  Killed were:

                  Lt. Col. Robert F. Baldwin, 39, of Muscatine, Iowa.

                  Chief Warrant Officer Matthew G. Wagstaff, 34, of Orem, Utah.

                  Chief Warrant Officer Jonah D. McClellan, 26, of St. Louis Park, Minn.

                  Staff Sgt. Joshua D. Powell, 25, of Pleasant Plains, Ill.

                  Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun Jr., 23, of Elkhart, Ind.

                  Baldwin was assigned to the brigade headquarters; Wagstaff, McClellan and Calhoun were assigned to the 5th Battalion; and Powell was assigned to the 6th Battalion.


Related Links:

http://goldentrianglenewspapers.com/articles/2010/09/27/washington_evening_journal/obituaries/doc4ca1040c0bb44379013988.txt

http://www.mylocalfox15.com/community/fallen-heroes/fallen-muscatine-soldier-promoted-posthumously/

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