Arkansas Family Notified About Death In Iraq
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Military officials have notified the family of a
second Arkansas soldier killed in a rocket attack in Iraq. The
attack occurred Saturday at the base camp of Arkansas` 39th
Infantry Brigade.
According to the Banner News newspaper at Magnolia, Captain
Arthur "Bo" Felder of Lewisville was among four brigade members
who died in the attack. The newspaper spoke with family members,
although the Department of Defense had not yet released the names
of those killed.
Felder was 36 years old. He had served in the National Guard
since 1986, the year after he graduated from Lewisville High
School. He attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia and
later transferred to East Texas Baptist University in Marshall,
Texas.
A North Little Rock family was notified previously. Chief
Warrant Officer Patrick Kordsmeier was 49 and had served in the
Army for 30 years.
