
HAMPSTEAD, N.H. — An Army Ranger who was the son of Hampstead Middle School’s principal was killed by a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq.
Jonathan Grassbaugh, 26, was killed late last week and Patti Grassbaugh learned of his death April 7. He was her youngest son.
Students at the school were notified of the death.
“Mrs. Grassbaugh has requested that the family be given the time to mourn and to just keep her family in your thoughts and prayers,” a letter from Owen Harrington, assistant principal, said on the school’s Web site. The letter also was sent home with students.
Jonathan Grassbaugh was sent to Iraq for the second time earlier this winter after a...