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Showing posts with label Army Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Army Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Army Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe, RIP

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem so far away, but they aren't as far as I think.

Army Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe 31, of Niskayuna, N.Y.; assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died Sept. 17 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Today, flags are being flown at half-staff here in Schenectady in his memory. This is the flag in Veteran's Park, at the foot of State Street Hill. I rarely put political messages in this blog and I hope this won't be seen as one. There's a web site I visit every day, to remember those lost. It's called Honor The Fallen.

Lest we forget.
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