Stuttgart-based soldier dies of illness
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A soldier assigned to the 112th Signal Battalion (Airborne), Special Operations Command Europe Signal Detachment died Feb. 1 of an undisclosed illness, according to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group.
Staff Sgt. Wilfredo Egipciaco Jr., 40, of Patterson, N.J., was serving as a radio operator on Patch Barracks in Stuttgart.
The unit did not disclose any other details about the circumstances surrounding his death. A memorial will be held Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. at the Patch Barracks chapel.
Egipciaco is survived by two sons, Kephrin and Kalum, and by one daughter, Estelle.
