Fort Leonard Wood News

Want to see one of the few major fireworks shows still running in the area? If so, Fort Leonard Wood officials want you this afternoon and evening for the U.S. Army Soldier Show and fireworks display on post.

On Dec. 12, 1944, Richard H. 'Dick' Griffin didn't hesitate. His unit's mortar positions were coming under attack from German infantrymen, and Griffin knew someone had to man a machine gun.

Two soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood will participate in the 2009 U.S. Army Soldier Show on Independence Day.

A major emphasis is also placed on physical fitness, health and wellness. Smith is a 2006 graduate of Farmington High School of Farmington.

Thirty-five Purple Heart recipients will make Fort Leonard Wood history by becoming charter members of the 'Heart of Missouri,' Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 140, the first chapter the area has ever had.

The U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School will host the annual JCBRN Conference at Fort Leonard Wood, June 22-26. The 2009 JCBRN Conference and Regimental Week activities will focus on two distinct themes.

Army Pvt. Kyle J. Esler has graduated from One Station Unit Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo.

A newly-arrived Fort Leonard Wood soldier has tested positive for H1N1 influenza.

More than 400 members of the Missouri National Guard's Recruitment Sustainment Program will descend upon Fort Leonard Wood June 26-28 for a Commander's Cup competition.

A group of middle-age civilians, academics and future soldiers were given the chance earlier this month to fire shotguns and combat pistols, jump out of airplanes and scarf down platefuls of Army chow.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 2:20 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 2:20 p.m. Somewhere among the excited crowd of black-robed North Davidson High School graduates Saturday will be a young man who stands just a little taller than the rest.

Mitchell Woodrum, of Lebanon, recently graduated from Army advanced military training with the title of Distinguished Honor Graduate.

More comments on Friday's celebration, including comments from President Barack Obama and military officials: here , , The Army's birthday and Flag Day both fall on the same date.

The Bonne Terre City Hall building and surrounding streets were evacuated Friday after a resident brought a pair of World War II era mortar rounds to the building.

The rumble of motorcycles, the clatter of helicopters and the crack of rifle fire marked the funeral Saturday of the 10th Missouri National Guard member killed in action during the war on terror.

H. Ron Klobe, 66, of Lebanon, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, at St. John's Hospital-Springfield. He was born June 25, 1942, in Perry County, Mo., to Harold Klobe and Irma Smith Klobe, who preceded him in death.

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A Fort Leonard Wood soldier has died in Iraq. Army Spc. Charles D. Parrish, 23, of Jasper, Ala., died Thursday in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered earlier that day in Jalula when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade.

A 23-year-old soldier from Jasper died in rocket-propelled grenade attack in northern Iraq, just about a month shy of his expected return from Iraq next month, his mother said.

Local services are being planned for a Army helicopter pilot who died in a test flight last week.