And that the world would be a lesser place without him. Here in Alaska flags have been lowered to honor the life of a fallen soldier soldier is 19 year old Private 1st Class handsome Kirkpatrick a Fossella he attended service high school here in Anchorage u.s. Army officials say Kirkpatrick was killed on Monday while conducting an operation against the Taliban alongside Afghan security forces very difficult especially on this this 4th of July weekend when we re celebrating our news Pena s day there s this family. You know who our hearts and prayers go out to at this time that we re not able to celebrate u.s. Army officials say the operation took place in the Helmand province is not what district it s about 200 miles away from the capital city of Kabul within the last year military officials say this Yari of the Helmand province has seen the fiercest fighting. This is video from about a week ago in the area 29 people were killed most of the dead civilians as a result of a suicide car b