Scio Oregon Man Killed By Roadside Bomb in Iraq

Desjardins was the 75th person in the military with strong ties to Oregon to die while serving in the Middle East.

(AR RAMADI, Iraq) - The war came home to a family in Scio today. A 24-year-old Army tank crewman who grew up in Scio, and Mesa, Arizona, has died in Iraq during combat operations in the Sunni Triangle, the U.S. Department of Defense reported. Spc. Douglas C. Desjardins (Surprenant) was killed Sunday, November 5th of injuries suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his Abrams tank in the city of Ar Ramadi. He had enlisted in the Army in 2004. He was a member of the 1st Armored Division. Desjardins attended elementary school in Scio before moving to live with his father in Arizona where he attended middle school. He returned to Oregon for high school and graduated in 2000. Memorial services in Scio are pending. Desjardins was the 75th person in the military with strong ties to Oregon to die while serving in the Middle East. 75 Oregon Fatalities 15 from the Oregon National Guard 1 from the Washington National Guard 1 from the Idaho Air National Guard 1 from the California National Guard 34 from the United States Army 3 from the United States Army Reserve 15 from the United States Marine Corps 5 from the United States Navy As of Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at least 2,841 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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david vinton October 28, 2008 12:04 pm (Pacific time)

doug, you sucked at baseball and you always kept me company on the bench becasue i sucked too. dude, the army was the only thing for us. 1AD hooah!

For The Likes Of You December 10, 2006 11:29 pm (Pacific time)

And don't forget the aliens and their kind gift to me from the Mother Ship. And those implants they've given me to have superior knowlegde to you stupid mortals. I am Captain Kirt, from the Starship Mother Load.

C December 4, 2006 9:08 pm (Pacific time)

i just wanted to say if maybe a little late.... i knew Doug for a long time and he was an amazing person! on his behalf i wanted to tell you KURT HUCKEE, your welcome. your welcome for being able to say anything you want. your welcome for being alowed what ever kinds of freedoms you are enjoying today. I hope for your sake our military never gives up and keeps fighting for your freedom. enjoy what others have given to you!

Henry Ruark November 14, 2006 6:52 pm (Pacific time)

To Desjardin Family: My personal apologies for the troglodytes perverting the First Amendment here --and quiet,friendly, heartfelt condolences to you on your loss.

Kurt Hucke November 14, 2006 5:11 pm (Pacific time)

Osama bin Laden is a freedom fighter. I thought he used to be our friend. What is it that we do to always turn the world against us? Could we be financial prostitutes?

Henry Ruark November 14, 2006 2:25 pm (Pacific time)

Sorry...sent prematurely. Need to finish...from "quits first. AND I know some that did, and others so acting now. It is ad-side and dollar-digging chiefs you need to beat on...

Buckwheat November 14, 2006 12:07 pm (Pacific time)

And don't forget to salute corporate news! They write what they're told! We couldn't be controlled without them! Thanks corporate news!

Buchwheat November 14, 2006 11:59 am (Pacific time)

Who's unpatriotic? Bush declares "War On Freedom"...protesters to be put in camps....so keep the "Homeland Pledge" you skirt lifting running the otherway "patrioticly brainwashed" troglodytes!

Buckwheat November 14, 2006 11:44 am (Pacific time)

Keep the Homeland plegde America!-"I promise NEVER QUESTION AUTHORITY" "I promise to NEVER BRING UP MY RIGHTS".

Buckwheat November 14, 2006 11:36 am (Pacific time)

George doublew Bush prays to his God like this..."Please Osama, I need another one...make it BIG ok?"

Henry Ruark November 14, 2006 11:34 am (Pacific time)

Kurt et al: I have ordinarily friendly, decently-behaved U.S. Marine I'd love to have you fellas meet...that is, if you care to ID and email to make contact other than disappearing here...

Bukwheat November 14, 2006 11:33 am (Pacific time)

By the way, the President Bush has established a clear link between Al-Quida and Iraq...there's a "Q" in both those words, therefore we MUST assume there is a link tying Iraq to 9-11 incident somehow.

Buckwheat November 14, 2006 11:29 am (Pacific time)

Failing that we ARCOming to kick ***.

Buckweat November 14, 2006 11:27 am (Pacific time)

"Let me explainify the war against Iraq a little bit in Texas terminologragy" We SHELL not EXXONnerate Saddam Hussein for his actions. We will MOBILize to meet this threat in the Persion GULF until an AMOCOble solution is reached. Our plan is to BPrepared.

Kurt Huckee November 14, 2006 8:45 am (Pacific time)

Our Freedoms are disappearing. Are you an enemy combatant? What a general B.S. term. Bush is no different than Stalin or Hitler, he is just dressed ala 2006 and not on old black and white news-reels. He also speaks English, which throws most people. They think he must be on their side. He make speak English but it sounds like Russian to me.

Kurt Huckee November 14, 2006 3:37 am (Pacific time)

Mark is right on the Mark.

Mark Steinbolt November 13, 2006 10:49 pm (Pacific time)

Yeah. What a strategic military we have...goin over and killing 100's of thousands of innocent men, women, and children and Americans applaude that their "freedoms" are being "protected" out of this somehow...idiots!

Kurt Huckee November 13, 2006 3:10 pm (Pacific time)

By the way, The Star of David is also on the back of the One Dollar Bill of the United States. Can you find it? Amsel Rothschild is reported to have said, "Give me control of the economics of a country; and I care not who makes her laws." Today his descendents meet twice a day in London to dictate what the world price of gold will be. They also dictate what the "Federal Reserve System" will do with America's finances. Read, read, read, all that you can was my grandfather's advice. My grandfather was right. He was not talking about People Magazine....really no different than the National Enquirer.

Kurt Huckee November 13, 2006 2:02 pm (Pacific time)

Q Madp, Look who's spouting! Don't you want to learn about the connection of finance and war? Do you think people in Holland do not have free speech? Look at the back of any One Dollar Bill...everything is coded by the Freemasons (Illuminati). This is not a free country. The latin says, "The Birth of a New World Order". Did you ever study all of the symbols on a dollar bill. Flip it over to the front and get a magnifying glass to look at the small owl near the outside border of the top right number 1. That symbol of the owl is used as a secret code in the form of a hand gesture that you will see almost all Presidents use. The word Mason surrounds the pyramid. Can you find it? Do some reading before you get all jingoistic. Stay away from television and newspapers. You will learn next to nothing. Virtually everything on the One Dollar Bill means something that you would hate. I gave you enough to start on and will not spoon feed you the rest.

Q Madp November 13, 2006 1:24 pm (Pacific time)

Kurt, aren't you glad that people like Doug give their all so you have free speech to spout all your ... whatever that is. Spc Doug Desjardins; Thank you For Your Service To Our Country, (U.S.A.). You will not be forgotten. www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Kurt Huckee November 12, 2006 9:22 am (Pacific time)

What does a 24 year old know about global politics let alone a 44 year old. The answer unfortunately in almost all cases is next to nothing if not nothing. People die everyday, it is a fact of life. When someone is led into a danger zone for by profit and propaganda it makes the facts of life even less digestable.

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