
SALEM, Ark. — Cpl. Jason Clairday, who was married just weeks before he left for Iraq, has died as a result of enemy fire, a weekly newspaper in his hometown reports.
Clairday, 21, died Sunday in Fallujah, Iraq, according to The News. He was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif., before being sent to Iraq, the paper reports in its Wednesday edition.
Clairday and his wife, Sarah, were married July 30. Her mother, Cindy McCullough, told the paper the family was very upset.
“We loved him and we are going to miss him so much,” McCullough told The News.
Clairday attended Salem High School in Fulton County, where he played baseball. He enlisted shortly after graduating in...