Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter J. Hahn

Died May 24, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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31, of Kenner, La.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana Army National Guard, New Iberia, La.; killed May 24 when his observation point was engaged by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Baghdad.

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Louisiana soldier killed in Iraq

Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Another member of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team has been killed by enemy fire.

Sgt. 1st Class Peter J. Hahn, of Kenner, died Tuesday when his observation point came under small-arms fire, the Army said Wednesday.

Hahn, 31, joined the Louisiana National Guard in 1996 after serving three years in the Army and was posthumously promoted to the rank of sergeant first class.

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. Hahn was with the brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, which is based in Houma.

Until a short time ago, most deaths in that unit were from roadside bombs, but the most recent deaths, including Hahn’s, were from hostile fire.

On May 19, snipers in Baghdad killed Spc. Bernard L. Sembly, 25, of Bossier City, and Sgt. Robin V. Fell, 22, of Shreveport, also of the Guard’s Shreveport-based 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team.