Date: 10/4/2007
Rank: Specialist
Branch: U.S. Army
Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Vincent Kamka was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.. He died Oct. 4 in Bayji, Iraq of injuries received while serving his country in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He was born May 14, 1984, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Chuck and Brenda Kamka. He grew up in Idaho Falls and graduated from Skyline High School in 2003. He lived in Everett, Washington, for one year, and had been serving in Iraq for a year as a Specialist in the U.S. Army. Vince firmly believed in the cause he was fighting for in Operation Iraqi Freedom and served his country with great pride.
He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He enjoyed target practice with bow and arrow and guns, hiking, video games and taking walks with his mother.
Survivors include his parents, Chuck and Brenda Kamka of Idaho Falls; brothers, Brendan McHugh, Christopher Kamka, David Hayes, and Joseph Kamka; sisters, Mia Chase, Lisa Heimerl, Yvette Wise, Mary Tracy and Connie Kamka, Cassandra Cantero and Bangladesh sister, Shaba Alam; grandmothers, Dorothy Kamka and Vivian Kinnie.