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Staff Sergeant Craig W.
Cherry, 39, of Winchester, Virginia died on August 7, 2004 in Ghazikel,
Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device struck his HMMWV.
He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 116th
Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division (Light Infantry)
in Winchester, Virginia. He was killed two weeks after arriving in
Afghanistan. He was killed along with another member of his unit
and an Afghan interpreter. They were in the lead vehicle of a
convoy.
Craig Cherry grew up in Maine where he spent most of his childhood. His father, a Vietnam Veteran who served 20 years in the Navy and Coast Guard, still lives in Maine. Craig Cherry worked for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the information technology department. He was due to retire from the National Guard in six months. SSG Cherry leaves behind a wife, two teenage children, and an 8-month-old son.
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Websites In Memory
of SSG Cherry. In Memory. WGME. Faces of the Fallen. The Washington Post. Craig Cherry. The Boston Globe. Army Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry. Fallen Heroes Memorial.
Army Staff Sgt. Craig W. Cherry. Honor the fallen, Military
City. News Articles About SSG Cherry. August 9, 2004. "DOD Identifies Army Casualties". DoD News Release. August 9, 2004. "Dead soldiers were from Virginia, West Virginia". Newsleader.com. August 10, 2004. "Soldier with ties to Maine is killed". Sun Journal Online. August 10, 2004. "Windham man mourns son killed in action". Press Herald Online News. August 10, 2004. "Nearby Guard unit loses two soldiers". Fauquier Times-Democrat. August 10, 2004. "3 Soldiers From Area Killed in Combat". The Washington Post. August 10, 2004. "Guard and Families Mourn Craig Cherry, Bobby Beasley". The Winchester Star. August 11, 2004. "Families shaken by deaths in Virginia National Guard". Rappahannock News. August 11, 2004. "Families mourn soldiers". WAVY TV 10. August 12, 2004. "Memories of Va. guardsmen killed in Afghanistan". WAVY TV 10. August 16, 2004. "Guard member killed in Afghanistan buried in Winchester". WAVY TV 10.
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