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    Camp Atterbury hosted memorialization ceremony for five killed overseas

    Camp Atterbury hosted memorialization ceremony for five killed overseas

    Photo By Staff Sgt. Tackora Farrington | Brig. Gen. Dale Lyles, Indiana Adjutant General, and Lt. Gen. Gary Brito, Army Deputy...... read more read more

    EDINBURGH, INDIANA, UNITED STATES

    06.03.2021

    Story by Sgt. Joshua Syberg 

    Indiana National Guard Headquarters

    EDINBURGH, Ind. – Personnel with the U.S. Army Expeditionary Civilian Workforce honored four of their own, who were killed by hostile fire in Iraq and Afghanistan, during ceremonies at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury Wednesday, June 3 at 10 a.m.

    Those in attendance during the ceremonies also honored Spc. Ross McGinnis, a Medal of Honor recipient killed in Iraq.

    “While deployed, our Expeditionary Civilians work together with our soldiers and ensure that all they do is in support of ‘the guy in the green suit,’” said Brig. Gen. Dale Lyles, Indiana National Guard Adjutant General. “To memorialize that relationship and to ensure the message that we are a Total Force is shared and understood by all, the AECW Conference Room will be dedicated today to a soldier’s soldier — a young hero who made the ultimate sacrifice for his brothers in arms.”

    The four memorialized civilians:
    Michael Sauro, died Oct. 19, 2016
    Krissie Davis, died June 8, 2015
    Anthony Acerra, died Oct. 29, 2011
    Dr. Maged Hussein, died May 25, 2009

    “This ceremony reminds us that in the Army, our people are our greatest asset,” said Lt. Gen. Gary Brito, Army Deputy Chief of Staff. “Active Army, Army Reserve, National Guard and the nearly 300,000 Army Civilians that work across the Army stand together to protect and defend our nation every day. It is the talent and commitment of each individual on the Army team that makes us unstoppable.”

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    Date Taken: 06.03.2021
    Date Posted: 06.04.2021 09:00
    Story ID: 398089
    Location: EDINBURGH, INDIANA, US

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