Virginia native killed in Iraq

This report from Abingdon, Virginia, a great little town in the Appalachian southwest of the state.

Staff Sgt. Greg Pennington, 37, had been living with his Army unit in one of Saddam Hussein’s daughter’s castles, said his father, Aulbin Pennington of Konnarock.
The elder Pennington had received a Father’s Day call from his son on Sunday morning…
Monday morning, his daughter-in-law, Janet, called from Fort Hood, Texas, and told him Greg had been killed in action…
Pennington was stationed at Fort Hood. His father said his son and Janet had been married for five years and had no children. He had been in the Army 12 years and in Iraq for more than three months.

Thanks to Yankeedoodle of Today in Iraq for the attention he pays to presenting the state-by-state reports on US casualties.