Updated at 5:34 p.m., Sunday, April 8, 2007
Hawai'i loses two more soldiers in Iraq
Advertiser Staff
Two soldiers with Hawai'i ties have been killed in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced today.Pfc. Jay S. Cajimat, 20, of Lahaina died Friday in Baghdad of wounds suffered when a vehicle with a bomb detonated near his unit.
The other death was Sgt. Forrest D. Cauthorn, 22, of Midlothian, Va., who died Thursday in Hawijah of wounds suffered when his unit was fighting enemy forces using small arms and grenades.
Cajimat was with the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Cauthorn was with the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks.
