Lest We Forget - Volume 7 www.nfld.net/rclnfprovcom 93 Private KENNEDY, Kevin Vincent BORN: St. Lawrence, Newfoundland Labrador UNIT: 2 Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment KIA: 8th April, 2007 There were a total of 6 Canadian Soldiers killed by a roadside bomb while riding in a LAV III 75 km west of Kandahar City near the border between Kandahar and Helmand provinces. One other soldier was seriously wounded, another lightly wounded, and two others escaped injury. They were conducting a convoy security operation in support of Operation Achilles. It was the single worst attack on NATO troops since June 2005 and the single costliest day of combat for Canadian troops since 26 members of the RCR were killed in Korea in 1953. Sergeant GILLAM, Craig Paul Born: South Branch, Newfoundland Labrador Unit: Royal Canadian Dragoons KIA: 3rd October, 2006 Sergeant Craig Paul Gillam was killed on 3 October, 2006 in an attack on International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops. Both soldiers were members of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ontario. The attack occurred at approximately 4:50 p.m. Kandahar time, about 20 km west of Kandahar City, as ISAF forces worked to clear a route of mines and improvised explosive devices for a future road construction project.
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