Kim S. Orlando Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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Nashville, Tennessee

Despite his high rank, Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando never hesitated to lead his soldiers personally, whether on a three-mile run in below-freezing temperatures or on patrol in the streets of Karbala. Chaplain Maj. Steve Turner recalled one particular run on a frigid January morning. Shorts only _ no warmup pants; jackets were optional. "We got to the line; the whistle blew. And Col. Orlando led the pack," Turner said. "He led by example." Orlando, 43, was one of three Fort Campbell soldiers killed Oct. 16 in a clash with gunmen guarding the headquarters of a Shiite cleric in Karbala in southern Iraq. Orlando, a native of Nashville, Tenn., enlisted in the Army as a military policeman in 1982 and was commissioned in 1986. Survivors include his wife, Sherry, who works in the public affairs office at Fort Campbell, Ky., and two sons.

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Charlie Gili

March 17, 2019 | Brooklyn, NY

RIP Kim. You will be surely missed. I would like to have Sherry contact me as I want to share many great memories I have of being his roommate and stationed with him in Kornwestheim Germany in the early 80's.

Art CHENOWETH

April 05, 2015 | Chambersburg, PA

Lt. Colonel Orlando, we have not forgotten you. You were one of a kind.

June 23, 2013

Kim and I grew up together in Nashville. I lost touch with him after we graduated from high school. Just before his last deployment, we spoke on the phone, reminisced about our childhoods and he invited me to visit him at Fort Campbell and have a cup of coffee. He was a fine person and I miss him.

Phil Riner

May 28, 2012 | Dalton, GA

To the family and friends of Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando:
Please accept my remembrance of Kim on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.

Peggy Childers

October 16, 2011 | Carson City, NV

To sherry and the boys The Baylor Sig Eps played a memorial golf tournament that bears Kim's name again this past weekend. We remembered Kim and told the young men in the fraternity now about Kim. and we raised money for Fisher House. it was a pleasure and honor to remember our friend again. Richard "Dick Kennnedy

October 04, 2011

To the family and friends of Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando:
Remembering Kim on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Peggy Childers

October 16, 2010 | Carson City, NV

”Honor and Remember” - “Project Compassion” We love our Soldiers! We love our country and we cannot express enough love and compassion to the families of our fallen heroes. War does not discriminate – It breaks our hearts to see the faces of the fallen. We want to give this gift to the hero’s Mother, Father and/or spouse. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization! Over 1,850 portraits have been completed and shipped to the parents and or spouse - at no cost as this is a gift from one...

Kenna Larra

December 29, 2009 | Manti, UT

Please know that your sacrifice will not be forgotten. On Saturday May 23 I was honored to read the names of Tennessee's fallen in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars at a ceremony in Washington DC at the WWII Memorial. Kim Orlando is remembered.
Proud Mother of USMC Cpl. David Bass
4/23/85 - 4/2/06

Tammy Bass

May 31, 2009 | Hendersonville, TN

Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando

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