Army Pfc. Eric P. Woods
26, of Omaha, Neb.; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.; killed July 9 when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device, causing it to overturn, in Tal Afar, Iraq. Woods was in the area to evacuate another soldier who had been wounded.
Nebraska Army medic killed in Iraq
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — An Army medic from the area has died in Iraq in the line of duty, according to the man’s father.
Eric Paul Woods, 26, of Omaha, was killed by an explosion early Saturday morning in Iraq when he stopped to help a wounded soldier on the side of a road, said his father, Charles Woods of Urbandale, Iowa.
The elder Woods said his son had talked to his family only hours before he died, saying during the phone call that he had turned down an offer to be moved from the front lines of the war.
“He wanted to stay and help his fellow soldiers,” Charles Woods said.
The younger Woods was a member of G-Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Army Calvary, based out of Fort Carson, Colo. The troop’s operating base is in Tal Afar, Iraq.
His father said he had moved to Omaha a few years ago and joined the Army in April last year. He was deployed to Iraq in March.
Eric Woods grew up in Urbandale and graduated from Urbandale High School 1997. He is survived by his wife of seven years, Jamie, and his 3-year-old son, both of whom live in Omaha.
|
