Army Sgt. Kenneth J. Schall

Died May 22, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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22, of Peoria, Ariz.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kan.; killed May 22 when the Humvee in which he was riding was involved in an accident in Yusafiyah, Iraq.

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Arizona soldier killed in Iraq

Associated Press

PHOENIX — Another soldier from Arizona has been killed in Iraq.

The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that Sgt. Kenneth J. Schall died Sunday after his vehicle was involved in an accident south of Baghdad.

Schall, 22, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, based at Fort Riley, Kan.

Schall graduated from Centennial High School in Peoria, where he was a top golfer.

His mother, Terri Schall, said her son had a great sense of humor and also played baseball and basketball. He had recently taken up snowboarding and loved fishing.

“It was very tough not to be touched by him in some way,” she said.

Schall enrolled at Glendale Community College and was studying to become a history teacher when the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks occurred. The event spurred him to join the Army.

Schall served in Iraq for 4" months last year and returned home for about eight months.

He went back in February and his tour would have ended in July, his mother said.

Schall hoped to someday join the Phoenix Fire Department or a bomb squad.

Terri Schall said he last spoke to her son on Mother’s Day.

“He sounded great — tired — but he said he was doing OK,” she said.

Schall also is survived by his father, John, and two younger siblings.