Location: 44
Date: 3/25/2003
Rank: Major
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Major Gregory Stone died March 25th, 2003 from injuries he incurred from hand grenades thrown into several command tents in Kuwait.
“He had that kind of caring attitude,” said Air Force Capt. Kim Gibeling, who knew Stone since they trained on B-1s together in 1996. Stone lived in Boise and had worked at the Air Expeditionary Force Battlelab at Mountain Home Air Force Base. He left the Air Force in 2000, but was an Air National Guardsman. He liked to camp, to ski, to read military history, and to spend all the time he could with his two sons, ages 11 and 7, said his father, Richard Stone of Riggins, Idaho. When Richard Stone had a heart attack in 1999, Greg came home to look after him. “We were just kind of getting to know each other. I had a lot of concern when he was sent to the Middle East,” said his father, who had served in the Marines. “I know it was something he felt very strongly about and wanted to do. But you hate to see your kids do that.” He is loved and missed by all who knew him.