GEN. LUCIUS D. CLAY NATIONAL GUARD CENTER -- The Department of the Defense
today announced the death of Staff Sergeant Alex French IV, a member of
Company A, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry who died on Sept. 30, 2009 in
Afghanistan.
According to the Department of the Defense, Staff Sgt. Alex French IV, 31,
of Milledgeville, Ga., died Sept. 30 in Kwhost, Afghanistan, of wounds
suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using an improvised-explosive
device.
Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement on notification of the
death of Staff Sgt. French, "Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of
Staff Sergeant Alex French. Sergeant French laid down his life to defend our
country. He will be remembered as a hero not only by his wife, Shanoca, and
children, Shaniya, Alex and Madison, but by the entire state of Georgia.
While we can never do enough to console his family, we offer our deepest
gratitude for his sacrifice and service."
"Word of the recent death of Staff Sgt. Alex French IV deeply saddens our
Guard family," said Maj. Gen. Terry Nesbitt, Georgia's Adjutant General.
"This was Staff Sgt. French's second deployment in support of the War on
Terror, having deployed with the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to Iraq
during 2005-06.
"This hero's passing leaves each of us with the Georgia National Guard
mournful, yet determined to see this important mission completed," Nesbitt
added. "I feel certain that Staff Sgt. French would have wanted us to do just
that. Our heartfelt condolences are extended to his wife and three children,
to his parents, and of course, to family and friends."
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