Navajo Nation soldier, 21, killed in Afghanistan

Navajo Nation soldier, 21, killed in Afghanistan
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Navajo Nation soldier, 21, killed in Afghanistan
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

The _Navajo Nation_ (http://64.38.12.138/my.asp?url=http://www.navajo.org/)
is mourning the loss of Troy Orion Tom, a 21-year-old soldier who was
killed in Afghanistan last week.
Tom joined the _U.S. Army_
(http://64.38.12.138/my.asp?url=http://www.army.mil/) in June 2006 after finishing high school. "He was the nicest, the
kindest, son. He made everybody smile. He always had a smile on his face -
never, ever did he get mad. We're going to miss him very much," Carolyn Tom,
his mother, told the Associated Press.
Tom is the ninth Navajo soldier to die either Afghanistan or Iraq since
2004.
Get the Story:
_Navajo Soldier Killed in Afghanistan To Be Honored_
(http://64.38.12.138/my.asp?url=http://www.abqjournal.com/abqnews/abqnewseeker-mainmenu-39/15031-7
10am-navajo-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-to-be-honored.html) (The
Albuquerque Journal 8/25)
_Navajo soldier killed during Afghan tour _
(http://64.38.12.138/my.asp?url=http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/08/22/Navajo_soldier_killed_dur
ing_Afghan_tour/) (AP 8/22)