James E. Estep
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Age: 26
From: Leesburg, Fla.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. James E. Estep died Nov. 15 of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Taji, Iraq.
Died: November 15, 2005
Leesburg native killed in Iraq had premonition of death
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — Army Staff Sgt. James Estep had such a strong sense of foreboding that he would die in Iraq that he went over detailed funeral plans and made special family visits before his Oct. 2 deployment.
“The last time I saw him, he said, ‘Dad, I love you and probably won’t never see you again,”’ Estep’s stepfather, Richard Hayton, told the Orlando Sentinel. “Like he’d had a premonition.”
Estep, 26, and a father of three, was one of four soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Taji, Iraq, on Nov. 15.
The blast also killed Spc. Alexis Roman-Cruz, 33, of Brandon. Both soldiers served with the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Estep, a graduate of the former Lee Adult High School in Leesburg, was living in Clarksville, Tenn., with his wife, Kelly, and three...
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Prayers & Messages
Please embrace with all Your love and mercy the soul of this brave soldier, , and comfort him with Your Divine Presence.
Bless his heart and keep his family in Your Hands, Guard them and comfort them.
Amen
May God give James' family peace in their hearts and strength to carry on.