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When There’s Nothing On The Horizon, You’ve Got Nothing Left To Prove
By: Spencer Ackerman Thursday November 19, 2009 11:45 pm	Tweet

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 909-09
November 19, 2009
DOD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spc. Joseph M. Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas died on Nov. 17 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

The incident is under investigation.

For more information the media may contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at 253-967-0147 or 0152.

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meepmeep09 November 20th, 2009 at 12:46 am

According to one or more of the sources cited below, Joseph Michael Lewis was approaching his fourth year in the Army, and had been in Afghanistan about two months before his death. He hailed from Terrell TX, which is about 35 miles east of Dallas, on US-80 and just north of I-20.

Some local reports (Terrell TX and Tacoma/Ft. Lewis WA) –

The Terrell Tribune (Terrell, TX): Another Terrell soldier dies in Afghanistan

NBC-DFW (Dallas-Ft. Worth affiliate): Terrell Soldier Killed in Afghanistan (43 sec. video)*
*video starts after the obligatory lead-in ad – which, depending on content, may seem jarringly inappropriate under the circumstances

The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA): 5/2 cav scout killed in Afghanistan