Christopher J. Birdwell

A LIFE REMEMBERED

We speak the name.

Army Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell died Aug. 27 in Kalagush, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered from small-arms fire. Also killed was Army Spc. Mabry J. Anders, 21, of Baker City, Ore. Fort Carson honors soldiers killed in Afghanistan The Associated Press FORT CARSON, Colo.&mdash Fort Carson is holding a memorial service for two soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell of Windsor, Colo., and Spc. Mabry J. Anders of Baker City, Ore., will be honored at the service on Thursday at the infantry post outside Colorado Springs. The noon service will include the traditional roll call, rifle squad salute and the playing of Taps. Birdwell and Anders died in Kabul on Aug. 27. The Defense Department said they were killed by enemy small-arms fire. Birdwell was 25 and Anders 21. Both were assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, part of Fort Carson&#39s 4th Infantry Division. A funeral for Birdwell is scheduled for Friday in Loveland, with burial at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver. Flags lowered to honor soldier, sheriff&rsquos captain The Associated Press DENVER &mdash Gov. John Hickenlooper has ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of a soldier from Windsor and a Pueblo County sheriff&rsquos officer who died in the line of duty in separate incidents. Flags will be lowered on all public buildings statewide on Friday to honor Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell and Pueblo Sheriff&rsquos Capt. Leide William DeFusco. Birdwell was killed Aug. 27 in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, part of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson. DeFusco died in an Aug. 31 plane crash while searching for evidence of a marijuana farm.