Andrew Olmsted Dies in IraqBy Nancy Matthis | Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
An articulate voice that gave newspaper readers a close-up view of the war is dead in Iraq. Andrew Olmsted, who blogged for the Rocky Mountain News, was silenced by an ambush. Based in Fort Carson, he was in Iraq training the Iraqi army. Editor & Publisher has the story:
‘Rocky Mountain News’ Army Blogger Killed In Iraq
By Joe Strupp | January 04, 2008 5:25 PM ETAndrew Olmsted, a U.S. Army major serving in Iraq who blogged for the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, died yesterday. His blog at the newspaper site, “From the Front Lines,” now includes postings by several relatives who say they have been notified of his death.
The Rocky Mountain News confirmed the death early this evening, but offered no details….
You can read his last post here — From the Front Lines, December 26, 2007.
Andrew left a post to be published in the event of his death. You can read it on his own website here or at Obsidian Wings here. In part:
….if you think I wasted my life, I’ll tell you you’re wrong. We’re all going to die of something. I died doing a job I loved. When your time comes, I hope you are as fortunate as I was.
Every time we lose one of our soldiers, we are all diminished. The “bell tolls” for all of us. It is especially sad to lose a familiar blogger. Go with God, Andrew.
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