TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY
Timothy A. Fulkerson
Utica, Kentucky
October 8, 2006
1st Battalion
82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion
82nd Combat Aviation Brigade
82nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
DOD October 11, 2007
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Brandon S. Asbury, 21, of Tazewell, Va., who died on Oct. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq, from injuries suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations. Asbury was assigned to the 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Spec. Timothy A. Fulkerson, 20, of Utica, Ky., who died Oct. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, when a landmine detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Fulkerson was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Timothy A. Fulkerson
Fulkerson joined the U.S. Army in June 2004 after he finished high school. He worked on Apache helicopters as an electrician and served with the 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion with the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg.
Fulkerson is survived by his mother, Tammy Brown of Utica; father, Timothy L. Fulkerson; Skaggs and his wife; three step-siblings; and five cousins.