101st Airborne death toll mounts - Bomb, accidents kill 6 from Ft. Campbel

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101st Airborne death toll mounts
Bomb, accidents kill 6 from Fort Campbell
By James Malone
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The Courier-Journal

Barney Grigg said his soldier son had good news when they spoke by phone last weekend -- a two-week leave next month that would bring him home to Oklahoma for Christmas.

But Pfc. Travis Grigg, with the Kentucky-based 101st Airborne Division, was killed this week with three other Fort Campbell soldiers when a roadside bomb exploded near Taji, Iraq.

"My wife said there's two military men at the door, and I knew what it was," Barney Grigg said. "It was a real bad feeling. I always thought he was coming home."

Travis Grigg, 24, of Inola, Okla., was driving a Humvee, taking the soldiers back from a mission, when the bomb went off, Barney Grigg said the Army told him.

In all, Fort Campbell has lost 84 soldiers in the war -- and 15 since the 101st's second deployment to Iraq started in September. Two who were killed in separate vehicle accidents this week have not been identified.

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1. "My wife said there's two military men at the door, and I knew what it was

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2. That's when I lost it.

"I always thought he was coming home."

I'm so sorry for your loss Mr. and Mrs. Grigg. May your son rest in peace.