Soldier from Arkansas dies after just 2 weeks in Iraq
By
Brad Belote
Story Created:
Oct 15, 2007 at 10:18 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Oct 15, 2007 at 10:18 AM CDT
GREENBRIER, Ark. (AP) - The father of an 18-year-old Army private from Greenbrier says his son was killed in Iraq after being in the country for only two weeks.
The Defense Department says Private Nathan Z. Thacker was killed by a roadside bomb near Kirkuk. Three other soldiers were hurt, one critically.
Thacker's father said his son felt a duty to enlist and that he saw duty in Iraq as simply being his job.
Thacker had attended Guy-Perkins High School in Guy. His father says Nathan Thacker earned his General Educational Development diploma last year. Thacker enlisted in the Army in April and completed his training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He arrived at Fort Drum in August.
Thacker's sister, Sabrina Black, says her brother was an excellent man -- and that she'd do anything to have him back.
The Army says Thacker is survived by his parents and grandfather. He was the third-youngest of seven children.
Thacker is the 54th soldier from Arkansas to be killed in the Iraq war.
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