THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, January 19, 1996 TAG: 9601190633
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: TASZAR, HUNGARY LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
A 39-year-old Army sergeant from Virginia Beach, assigned to help get American troops and equipment into Bosnia, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack. He was the first American fatality in the Bosnia peace enforcement mission.
The Pentagon and army officials in Europe identified the victim as Clement E. Southall Jr., a native of Virginia Beach and a member of the 191st Ordnance Battalion.
Southall had not been assigned to any Army units in Hampton Roads, said Ron Johnson, a spokesman for the Army's Transportation Center at Fort Eustis.
Emergency workers were called to Southall's barracks late Wednesday night and tried to resuscitate him, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Ron Williams said. Southall was taken to the hospital by ambulance 10 minutes later. He was pronounced dead early Thursday.
Southall died of an apparent heart attack, said Maj. Drew Miller, a spokesman at the U.S. European command in Stuttgart, Germany.
Southall was a wheel vehicle operator with the 23rd Ordnance company, based in Miesau, Germany.
He was working at Taszar in southern Hungary, where U.S. forces have adapted an air field to receive troops and equipment heading from Germany to Bosnia and Croatia.
Southall is survived by his wife, Lynne, and daughters Heather and Sarah, who live in Germany, where Southall was permanently based. Southall is also survived by his mother, who lives in Virginia Beach. MEMO: This story was compiled from reports by The Associated Press and
Virginia-Pilot staff writer Jack Dorsey.
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