Yates, Eric
Army 1st lieutenant

Eric Yates, age 26, from Rineyville, Kentucky, Hardin county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Western Kentucky University (2008), John Hardin High in Elizabethtown (2003)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Death details: Died in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Jaime C. Newman also died.
Cemetery: St. John Cemetery in Rineyville

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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