Vance, Gene Arden Jr
Army Staff Sergeant

Gene Arden Jr Vance, age 38, from Morgantown, West Virginia, Monongalia county.

Spouse: Lisa Selmon Vance

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Support Company 2D Battalion 19Th Special Forces Group, Kenova, Wv 25530

Date of death: Sunday, May 19, 2002
Death details: Died on patrol near the village of Shkin, Afghanistan when enemy forces opened fire on the American and a group of Afghan soldiers riding in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. He died on a military helicopter evacuating him from the battlefield

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Washington Post