Army Sgt. Mark H. Schoonhoven, 38, died January 20 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds he suffered in an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan on December 15, 2012.
According to the Department of Defense, Schoonhoven was assigned to the 32nd Transportation Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson in Colorado.
Schoonhoven wrote on his Facebook page that he grew up in Plainwell, Michigan and graduated high school there in 1994.
