Janelle F. King

Died: August 14, 2008

Rank: Private

Unit: 115th Combat Support Hospital

Branch: U.S. Army

Army Private Janelle F. King died in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 14, 2008, while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 23-year-old Private was serving as a medic with the 115th Combat Support Hospital from Fort Polk, Louisiana, on her first tour of duty. She was stationed at Camp Cropper, a military detainee center near Baghdad International Airport, at the time of her death. Private King was buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery in Lawton, Oklahoma.