She HAS A Name #FaithHinkley, Attacked By Insurgents

Posted August 10, 2010 by admin for Global Grind Staff

Spc. Faith R. Hinkley, 23, of Monte Vista, Colorado died Aug. 7 in Baghdad, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit in Iskandariya, Iraq.

Hinkley was working in an office building Saturday when it was hit by a rocket. She and two other soldiers were hit by shrapnel as they rushed toward a bunker. Hinkley was fatally wounded, another soldier was seriously hurt and yet another suffered hand wounds.

Reports said Faith was hit in the stomach area and was taken to a hospital in Baghdad, where she was pronounced dead. Her companions are expected to recover.