(FORT RILEY, Kan.) — Five Big Red One Soldiers in the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley have died in Iraq.
Spc. Emilio Campo, Pfc. Michael Cook, Pfc. Christopher Fishbeck, Spc. Robert Hartwick, and Pfc. Michael Olivieri were killed when insurgents launched an indirect attack on their base.
The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, and were deployed to Iraq.
Each had served less than two years in the Army. This was their first deployment.
*Campo, 20, of Madelia, Minn., was a combat medic. He joined the Army in July 2009.
From Fort Riley:
*Cook, 27, of Middletown, Ohio, was a field artillery tactical data systems operator who joined the Army in October 2009. He has been posthumously promoted to the rank of specialist.
*Fishbeck, 24, of Victorville, Calif., was a field artillery tactical data systems operator who joined the Army in October 2009. He has been posthumously promoted to the rank of specialist.
