
A soldier who was killed in a car bomb attack just weeks after his tour of duty was extended was buried in his hometown.
Pfc. Jeremy Ricardo Ewing’s funeral at New Hope Baptist Church in Miami on May 8 was attended by friends and family and state Sen. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, who knew him as a middle school student.
Ewing, 22, was one of eight soldiers killed on April 29 in a car bomb attack. He had been scheduled to come home two weeks earlier, but his tour of duty was extended at the last minute.
Ewing joined the Army shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, without even telling his parents. It was a decision they opposed, but they understood why he did it.
He...