SPC Chad D. Groepper

Army SPC Chad D. Groepper, 21, of Kingsley, Iowa;

assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment,

4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.;

died February 17 in Diyala, Iraq, of wounds sustained when enemy forces

attacked his dismounted patrol using small arms fire.

Died:  February 17, 2008