Clifford Adams Spohn III
NAME: Clifford Adams Spohn III
PLACE OF BIRTH: Albuquerque, NM
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 December 1985
HOME OF RECORD: Albuquerque, NM
DATES OF SERVICE: 00 October 2004 to 09 April 2007
UNIT ASSIGNED: Company B, 3rd BN, 509th (ABN)
CAMPAIGNS: Operation Iraqi Freedom
AWARDS: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
00 May 2004 - Graduated from Cibola High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
00 October 2004 - Joined the United
States Army
00 December 2004 - Completed Basic Combat Training and Advance Individual
Training (Infantry) at Fort Benning, GA
00 February 2005 - Graduated from Basic Airborne Course
Assigned to D Company, Special Troops Unit at Fort Bragg, NC
00 May 2005 - Arrived at Fort Richardson, AK and was assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne) as a rifleman
00 October 2006 - Deployed with B Company in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
09 April 2007 - He was killed when a mortar round struck a building he was located in, in Karmah, Iraq
He is buried in Santa Fe National Cemetary, New Mexico in Section "S" Grave marker 320
CPL Spohn is survived by his wife Amanda, and step daughter Raynee Redington.
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