James J. Stoddard Jr
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Age: 29
From: Crofton, Md.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C.,
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class James J. Stoddard Jr. was killed Sept. 30 when his vehicle accidentally rolled over in Afghanistan.
Died: September 30, 2005
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Paratrooper killed in Afghanistan loved his family and his soldiers
Associated Press
BALTIMORE — A soldier from Crofton was killed in Afghanistan last week when his vehicle accidentally rolled over, the Pentagon said Monday.
Sgt. 1st Class James J. Stoddard Jr., 29, died Friday, the Department of Defense said. The DOD gave no further details about the incident.
Stoddard was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, N.C.
“He was one of the kindest, most loving boys you could ever meet,” his mother, Kathleen Stoddard said Monday night from her home in Crofton.
James Stoddard graduated in 1994 from Arundel High School, where he played varsity football and baseball. He attended Anne Arundel Community College and Salisbury State University before enlisting in the Army when he was 21, his mother said.
“He was detail-oriented and...