Army Pvt. Randol S. Shelton
Death: Sep 04, 2007
of Schiller Park Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion 16th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division Fort Riley Kan.; Died Sept. 4 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Sgt. Joel L. Murray and Spc. David J. Lane. 2 soldiers from Illinois killed in Iraq The Associated Press CHICAGO — Two soldiers from northern Illinois were killed in separate incidents in Baghdad the Department of Defense said Sept. 7. Pvt. Randol Shelton of the Chicago suburb of Schiller Park Died Sept. 4 from wounds inflicted by an improvised explosive device the Defense Department said in a statement. The 22-year-old Died along with two other soldiers assigned to Fort Riley Kan officials said. There was no listing for Randol Shelton in Schiller Park. Spc. Keith Nurnberg26 of McHenry Died Sept. 5 when insurgents attacked his unit during combat. He was assigned to Fort Benning Ga. the defense department said. Nurnberg graduated from McHenry West High School in 1999. His mother Barb Nurnberg said her son was “proud to be a soldier.” “He was very proud of what he was doing over there [in Iraq]” she said. Nurnberg’s wife Tonya is expecting the couple’s first child in November. Family members said the child a boy will be named after his father. The Nurnbergs lived in Genoa City Wis. after marrying in December. Operation Iraqi Freedom