- SURNAME
Thuma
- FORENAME
David Kim
- UNIT
3 SF Group (Company B,3 Bn,Det A-385)
- RANK
Master Sergeant
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
18th June 1998
- AGE
36
- GRAVESITE
not found
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.4.1962 Troy,Ohio
son of Mrs Eileen A. Thuma,New Carlisle,Ohio
husband of Josee (nee Bourget) Thuma,Fayetteville,North Carolina (1 son)
graduated Tecumseh High School
entered service 30.5.1980
Company A,2 Bn 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment,82nd Airborne Division (October 1980-October 1984)
award Bronze Star for Grenada
SF 1984
5 SF Group (Det A-563 and Det A-565) (Sgt) 1984-93
US Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School,Fort Bragg (instructor) 1993-95
3 SF Group (1 Bn,Det A-335) (Sgt) 1995-96
3 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) (SFC) 1996
3 SF Group (Company B,3 Bn,Det A-385) 1997-98
awards Legion of Merit,Bronze Star,Meritorious Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters,Army Commendation Medal with 7 oak leaf clusters
died of heart attack while jogging Kenya (peacekeeping duties)
DATE OF DEATH:
18-Jun-1998
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