Mills, Edward D. Jr.
Army Staff sergeant

Edward D. Mills Jr., age 29, from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence county.

Parents: Edward Mills Sr. and Katie Kirkwood Greenawalt
Spouse: Not married

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Union High (2000)
Military history: 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Killed were 1st Lt. John M. Runkle, Staff Sgt. Edward D. Mills Jr., Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman, Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, Sgt. Louie A. Ramos
Cemetery: Parkside Cemetery & Mausoleum

Source: Department of Defense, Ed & Don Decarbo Funeral Home