Updated at 12:38 p.m., Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Pentagon IDs slain Hilo soldier
Advertiser Staff
The Pentagon today officially announced the death of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Henry K. Kahalewai, 43, of Hilo, Hawai'i.Kahalewai died Friday at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, of wounds suffered Nov. 21 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Stryker vehicle.
He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
A senior enlisted man, Kahalewai had planned to retire next year after 20 years in the military. He had told family members he would build a home on land he owned in Upper Puna.
