Fort Drum soldier is killed in Iraq
By: WROC-TV
Updated: October 14, 2007
18-year-old Private Nathan Thacker was an infantryman assigned to the Second Battalion... 22nd Infantry Regiment. The Greenbrier, Arkansas native was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device near Kirkuk, Iraq. Three other soldiers were injured in the attack. Thacker has received numerous awards and decorations including the Purple Heart and the National Defense Service Medal.
He's survived by his parents and grandfather.

