Freedom Remembered

Born: March 9, 1987
Died: August 11, 2010 in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan

Sgt. Christopher N. Karch of Indianapolis, Indiana is a 2005 graduate of Lawrence Central High School. He was also pursuing a degree from the University of Maryland with plans to graduate in 2012. Chris enlisted in the United States Army as an infantryman in August of 2005, and attended One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Georgia, completing Basic Airborne School, then reporting to Fort Bragg in January of 2006. He first deployed with his unit to Afghanistan in March 2007, returning back stateside in April 2008. Chris had been deployed to Afghanistan since late summer of 2009 and was expected back stateside in just three weeks. His Awards and Decorations include, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, two Overseas Service Ribbons, the NATO Medal, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Parachutists Badge. The proud paratrooper had paratrooper wings tattooed across his back. He leaves his mother Lynn Kersey, his father, Patrick, his grandparents, Nick and Dian Nicholson, Bill and Joyce Seal, Norman and Denise Karch. He died at age 23 in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Army
2nd Battalion
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
4th Brigade Combat Team
82nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana

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