SSG Christopher J. Van Der Horn

Army SSG Christopher J. Van Der Horn, 37, of Tacoma, Wash.,

assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment,

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.;

killed Jan. 1 when an improvised explosive device

detonated near his Humvee during patrol operations in As Sinia, Iraq.

Died:  January 1, 2006