Army Staff Sgt. Dale A. Panchot
Death: Nov 17, 2003
" of Northome Minn.; assigned to B Company 1st Battalion 8th Infantry Regiment 3rd Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division (Mech) Fort Carson Colo.; killed Nov. 17 by enemy fire while on patrol south of Balad Iraq. Some people are lucky enough to know what they want to do with their lives at a very early age. Staff Sgt. Dale Panchot was one of those people. ""He wanted to be a soldier from the time he could pull on a pair of camouflage pants from the time he was 3 years old recalled his mother, Karen Panchot. He wore those every day and his friends would always be out in the fields playing Army."" Panchot26 was killed Nov. 17 in an ambush on his patrol near Balad Iraq. He was based at Fort Carson Colo. and is survived by his mother and his father Arland Panchot. He grew up in Northome Minn. playing baseball football and basketball in high school. He joined the Army Reserves at 17 following his father and grandfather into the military. Days before he Died Panchot told his parents he had signed up for his last three-year tour. Having fulfilled his dreams of military service he had new ones. ""He wanted to be a history teacher and raise a family his mother said. — Associated Press Operation Iraqi Freedom"