Amanda N. Pinson
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Age: 21
From: St. Louis, Mo.
Assigned to the 101st Military Intelligence Detachment, 501st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson was killed Mar. 16 when a mortar round detonated in Tikrit, Iraq. Also
Died: March 16, 2006
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Lemay soldier remembered as “breath of fresh air”
LEMAY, Mo. — A Lemay soldier was remembered as “a breath of fresh air” during funeral services before she was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.
Army Sgt. Amanda Nicole Pinson and another soldier, Spc. Carlos M. Gonzalez, 22, of Middletown, N.Y., were killed March 16 by a mortar round near Tikrit, Iraq. They were both members of the 101st Military Intelligence Detachment of the 101st Airborne Division.
Pinson, 21, was a “model soldier” and “a breath of fresh air,” said Lt. Col. Lucinda Lane, who spoke at Saturday’s service.
Pinson enlisted in the Army after graduating in 2002 from Hancock Place High School, where she won several scholarships and was on the basketball and softball teams. She planned to attend college after her military service and become an FBI or CIA agent.
School district Superintendent Ed Stewart said she...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier and comfort her with Your Divine Presence.
Bless her heart and keep her family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen
She has proudly served her country.
Now, she proudly serves with angel's wings.