Joshua F. Powers
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Age: 21
From: Skiatook, Okla.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Pvt. Joshua F. Powers died Feb. 24 of a non-combat-related injury in Baghdad.
Died: February 24, 2006
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Okla. soldier remembered as a “unique person”
SKIATOOK, Okla. — Family and friends mourned the loss of an Oklahoma soldier without the clamor of protests from members of a Kansas church.
Army Pvt. Joshua Francis Powers was remembered Monday as a “unique person” with a congenial spirit.
Powers, 21, died Feb. 25 from a non-combat-related injury in Baghdad, the Department of Defense said. He had been in Iraq about 2½ weeks as part of the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, which is based in Fort Campbell, Ky.
His funeral came days after Gov. Brad Henry signed into a law legislation designed to keep protesters at least 500 feet away from military service members’ funerals an hour before and after the service.
The law was in response to funeral demonstrations by the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, which claims God is allowing...
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till the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in His mercy
may He give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest and peace at the last.
Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Joshua's family and friends