Monday, October 24, 2005

Spanish army captain found dead

Herat, 24 October 2005: A Spanish officer was found unconscious in his tent by a companion whom had returned from a run. Medical aid was rendered for more than one hour trying to stabilize him but he later died.

Captain Jesus De La Pascua Belaustegui, 46 year old father of two children, was a member of the Aeromedical Evacuation team 11 of Alcala.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Italian Army Corporal, Michele Sanfilippo

Cpl. Sanfilippo
Italian Army Corporal, Michele Sanfilippo, aged 34, was found with serious head injuries in the Italian Camp at Kabul. He was immediately transferred to a German field hospital where he later died on 11th October 2005.

Cpl. Sanfilippo served with the 4th Regiment of Engineers, based in Palermo. He had been in Afghanistan since June.

He leaves a wife and two young children.