
FLORENCE, Ala. — Mike Nelson said no one had to tell his wife, Genice, and him why the unexpected guests were at their door late April 12.
“They didn’t have to say anything. When we saw the two soldiers standing there, we just knew,” Nelson said.
The Army messengers, who simultaneously visited the Nelsons in Florence and Tony Lindsey in Russellville, were delivering a message that no parent wants to hear.
Their son, Army Spc. James “Jamie” Tyler Lindsey, was killed in combat while serving in Iraq.
“We tried to prepare ourselves, but there is really no way,” said Tony Lindsey, Jamie Lindsey’s father.
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