Rudolph R. Hizon, Army, Specialist -- Rest In Peace

Rudolph R. Hizon, 21

Army, Specialist

Based: Ft. Polk, La.

2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom

Died: February 28, 2011

Logar province, Afghanistan

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Los Angeles

Foreign Country of Birth: Philippines
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale

From the Regional Command East:

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Task Force Patriot Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La., died as the result of an enemy attack in Logar Province Feb. 28.

U.S. Army Spc. Rudolph R. Hizon was a 22-year-old Los Angeles native assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment’s Task Force Storm when he died during a complex improvised explosive device, small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade attack in the Charkh area of the province.

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Jones of Aurora, Ill., assigned to Co. B’s TF Storm, said he will always remember Hizon’s smile.

“I will always have you in my thoughts for the rest of my days,” said Jones of Hizon. “I love you man!”

Hizon was a good friend to everyone he knew, said U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Gonzales of Olath, Kan.

“I will always think of him as the happy and cheerful person he was… and I’m going to miss him dearly,” said Gonzales.

U.S. Army Pfc. Clayton Contrall of Piedmont, Ala., also with Co. B, said Hizon always had a “huge smile” on his face – the kind of smile that made everyone around him smile, too.

“You’re a warrior and will always be in my heart,” said Contrall.

Hizon’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghan Campaign Medal with star device, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge.

Read more about Army Specialist Rudolph R. Hizon's life and family in the LA Times and visit Specialist Rudolph Hizon's Guest Book.

Army Specialist Rudolph R. Hizon, previously remembered on Boom3 Wednesday, September 15, 2011

Rudolph R. Hizon, Army, Specialist -- Rest In Peace

Rudolph R. Hizon, 21

Army, Specialist

Based: Ft. Polk, La.

2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division

Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom

Died: February 28, 2011

Logar province, Afghanistan

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Los Angeles

Foreign Country of Birth: Philippines
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale

From the Regional Command East:

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A Task Force Patriot Soldier from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Polk, La., died as the result of an enemy attack in Logar Province Feb. 28.

U.S. Army Spc. Rudolph R. Hizon was a 22-year-old Los Angeles native assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment’s Task Force Storm when he died during a complex improvised explosive device, small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade attack in the Charkh area of the province.

U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Jones of Aurora, Ill., assigned to Co. B’s TF Storm, said he will always remember Hizon’s smile.

“I will always have you in my thoughts for the rest of my days,” said Jones of Hizon. “I love you man!”

Hizon was a good friend to everyone he knew, said U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Gonzales of Olath, Kan.

“I will always think of him as the happy and cheerful person he was… and I’m going to miss him dearly,” said Gonzales.

U.S. Army Pfc. Clayton Contrall of Piedmont, Ala., also with Co. B, said Hizon always had a “huge smile” on his face – the kind of smile that made everyone around him smile, too.

“You’re a warrior and will always be in my heart,” said Contrall.

Hizon’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghan Campaign Medal with star device, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge.

Read more about Army Specialist Rudolph R. Hizon's life and family in the LA Times and visit Specialist Rudolph Hizon's Guest Book.

Doonewey White, Army, Specialist -- Rest In Peace

Doonewey White, 26

Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Hood, Texas
2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: May 29, 2007
Baghdad (died in Balad), Iraq
Engaged, 1 child
Gender: Male
Hometown: Milpitas
High School: Andrew P. Hill High (San Jose)
Foreign Country of Birth: Philippines
Burial: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.

From Military Times:

MILPITAS, Calif. — A 26-year-old soldier from Milpitas died last week in Iraq when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle.

Army Spc. Doonewey White died May 29 in Balad, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, from wounds suffered the previous day, the Pentagon said in a statement June 4.

White’s family members said it was always his goal to serve in the Army.


“He was really happy to be in the army. He was proud of it,” his aunt, Maria White of Pittsburg, told the San Francisco Chronicle.

His half brother, Jason Gillette, 23, of Oceanside, said a military official told the family that his brother was on patrol when his Humvee was rammed by a suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives. He suffered third-degree burns to his face, neck and chest, Gillette told the Chronicle.

White emigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines when he was a young boy and was raised at times by his mother and different aunts in Pittsburg and Milpitas, Maria White said.

White was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, in Fort Hood, Texas.

Read more about Army Specialist Doonewey White 

in the LA Times 

and at the Iraq Page. 

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