Camp Callan was built in November of 1940 as a Coast Artillery Corps replacement training center for new inductees. Open for business in January of 1941, it was named for Maj. Gen. Robert Callan (1874-1936), a veteran of the Spanish American War and World War I.

Camp Grant was opened just south of Rockford in 1917 to train soldiers for World War I. It was closed in 1921 and turned over to the Illinois National Guard for use as a training center in 1924.

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   27 November, 2010

Unit:  Brigade Special Troops Battalion

Hometown:  Mesquite, Tex.

Pvt. Devon J. Harris, 24, of Mesquite, Tex., died Nov. 27 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade.  He was assigned to the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10^th Mountain Division, at Ft. Polk, La.

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Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   22 November, 2010

Unit:  2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment

Hometown:  Norfolk, Va.

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died Nov. 22 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.  They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

            Killed were:

           Staff Sgt. Sean M. Flannery, 29, of Wyomissing, Pa.; and

           Spc. William K. Middleton, 26, of Norfolk, Va.

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http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/nov/24/4/soldier-richmond-killed-afghanistan-ar-674586/
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/Soldiers_Killed_112410

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   22 November, 2010

Unit:  2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment

Hometown:  Wyomissing, Pa.

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died Nov. 22 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.  They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

            Killed were:

           Staff Sgt. Sean M. Flannery, 29, of Wyomissing, Pa.; and

           Spc. William K. Middleton, 26, of Norfolk, Va.

Related Links:

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/Soldiers_Killed_112410

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   20 November, 2010

Unit:  2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment

Hometown:  Fort Smith, Ark.

Sgt. David S. Robinson, 25, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Nov. 20 in Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related accident.  He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

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http://swtimes.com/news/article_c72d63ee-f7df-11df-a92f-001cc4c03286.html

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   21 November, 2010

Unit:  1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment

Hometown:  Hamilton, Ohio

Sgt. David J. Luff Jr., 29, of Hamilton, Ohio, died Nov. 21 in Tikrit, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/hamilton-grad-killed-by-insurgents-in-iraq-1010526.html

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   19 November, 2010

Unit:  103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command

Hometown:  Pago Pago, American Samoa

Staff Sgt. Loleni W. Gandy, 36, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died Nov. 19 in Balad, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident.  He was assigned to the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa.

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