Army Sgt. Todd A. Singleton
Death: Apr 08, 2007
of Muskegon Mich.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Brigade 1st Cavalry Division Fort Hood Texas; Died April 8 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small-arms fire. Three Michigan servicemen killed in Iraq The Associated Press Three servicemen from Michigan have been killed in Iraq including a Navy SEAL from the Upper Peninsula and two soldiers. Army Sgt. Todd A. Singleton24 of Muskegon was fatally wounded April 8 as his unit fought enemy forces in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry Regiment 1st Brigade 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Hood Texas. Army Pfc. Levi K. Hoover23 of Midland and three other members of his unit Died April 7 in a roadside bomb explosion in Zaganiyah. They were assigned to the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg N.C. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Clark Schwedler27 of Crystal Falls Died April 5 during combat in Anbar province. He was assigned to Navy SEAL Team Four based in Virginia Beach Va. Singleton a 2000 graduate of Reeths-Puffer High School was married and the father of a 5-month-old daughter. He was close to finishing his second tour of duty in Iraq and had planned to return to school The Muskegon Chronicle reported. “We are all devastated” said his grandmother Dorothy Singleton of Muskegon. She described Todd Singleton as a serious person yet “funny and fun to be around.” “He was the kind of kid who looked out for others” she said. Hoover enlisted in the Army in 2005 in Alaska where he was working as a ranger’s assistant and was deployed to Iraq the next year. His mother Belinda Brewster told the Midland Daily News she had talked with Hoover two days before his death. He described a deadly roadside bomb explosion. “I think he was worried” Brewster said. “It was a dangerous place to be.” A 2002 graduate of H.H. Dow High School Hoover was engaged to be married and was planning to become a police officer. Schwedler son of Iron County Trial Judge C. Joseph Schwedler was a class president outstanding student and athlete at Forest Park High School. He was a member of the football basketball and track teams. “When it came to school work Clark always went above and beyond what was expected. He was a natural leader” Bill St. John a retired teacher and member of the local school board told The Daily News of Iron Mountain. Forest Park football coach Bill Santilli said Schwedler was “an outstanding young man. His personality made those around him feel better and play harder.” Operation Iraqi Freedom