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Army Spc. Joseph B. Cemper
Died April 16, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
21, of Warrensburg, Mo.; assigned to the 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.; died April 16 at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an Afghan National Army soldier attacked him with multiple grenades. Also killed were Capt. Charles E. Ridgley Jr., Sgt. 1st Class Charles L. Adkins, Sgt. Linda L. Pierre and Staff Sgt. Cynthia R. Taylor.
Names of Campbell soldiers killed in grenade attack released
The (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf Chronicle
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Fort Campbell has released information on the four 101st Airborne Division soldiers killed April 16 in Afghanistan.
They died at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an Afghan National Army soldier attacked them with multiple grenades.
All four soldiers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade.
* Sgt. 1st Class Charles Lewis Adkins, 35, of Sandusky, Ohio, was a maintenance supervisor.
He joined the Army in November 1995 and arrived at Fort Campbell in June 2002.
Adkins is survived by his wife, Sarah C. Adkins; sons, Garrhett C. Adkins and Gavin M. Adkins; daughters, Makayla R. L. Adkins, Mackenzie S. Adkins and Gabriella G. Adkins, all of Clarksville. He is also survived by his parents, Charles E. Adkins of Milan, Ohio and Shelia Good of Hudson, Mich.
* Staff Sgt. Cynthia Renea Taylor, 39, of Columbus, Ga., was a wheeled vehicle mechanic.
She joined the Army in November 2003 and arrived at Fort Campbell in April 2004.
Taylor is survived by her daughter, Maggie J. Taylor of Clarksville and son, Joseph L. Goodwin of Oak Grove, Ky. She is also survived by her mother, Judy A. Hart of Clarksville.
* Sgt. Linda Lamou Pierre, 28, of Immokalee, Fla., was a human resources specialist.
She joined the Army in November 2006 and arrived at Fort Campbell in September 2009.
She is survived by her father, Jean Lamour and mother, Elvina Pierre, both of Immokalee, Fla.
* Spc. Joseph Brian Cemper, 21, of Warrensburg, Mo., was a transportation management coordinator.
He joined the Army in September 2009 and arrived at Fort Campbell in February 2010.
He is survived by his son, Liam Cemper of North Richland Hills, Tex. and his parents, Eugene B. Cemper and Angela D. Cemper of North Richland Hills, Texas.
Also killed was Capt. Charles E. Ridgley Jr., 40, of Baltimore. He was assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
Services set for fallen Campbell sgt.
The Associated Press
PAPILLION, Neb. — Services are being scheduled for a soldier who was killed by a suicide attacker in Afghanistan.
Spc. Joseph Cemper, 21, and four other soldiers were killed April 16 when a man posing as an Afghan soldier detonated several grenades, killing himself as well.
Cemper moved from the Omaha suburb of Papillion to Warrensburg, Mo., before he began high school.
A mortuary spokeswoman says the family has not set funeral details yet, other than Cemper’s body will be buried in Papillion.
Cemper was assigned to the 1
01st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
His father, Army Sgt. 1st Class and recruiter Eugene Cemper, told Omaha television station KMTV that he had recruited his son for the Army.
Nebraska street to be named for fallen soldier
The Associated Press
PAPILLION, Neb. — The city of Papillion will rename a street for the late Army Spec. Joseph Cemper, a native son who died last April in Afghanistan.
The 21-year-old Cemper and four other soldiers were killed on April 16 when a man posing as an Afghan soldier detonated several grenades, killing himself as well.
Cemper grew up in Papillion, moving from Nebraska to Warrensburg, Mo., before he began high school.
Omaha television station KETV reports that a sign will soon bear his name at the corner of Rousseu Court and Parc Drive in the city south of Omaha.
A ceremony to unveil the sign will take place Friday morning at the intersection. The public is welcome to attend.