Joseph D. Helton
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Age: 24
From: Monroe Ga.
Assigned to the 6th Security Forces Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.
Incident: Air Force 1st Lt. Joseph D. Helton died Sept. 8 near Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Died: September 08, 2009
Airman killed in Iraq IED attack
Staff report
An Air Force security forces officer died Tuesday near Baghdad when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
The victim was 1st Lt. Joseph D. Helton, 24, of Monroe, Ga., the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Helton was deployed from the 6th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. He was stationed there in 2007 after graduating from the Air Force Academy, reports said.
“We’d like to express our deepest sympathy to family, friends and comrades of Lieutenant Joe Helton for their recent loss,” said Col. Lawrence Martin, commander of MacDill’s 6th Air Mobility Wing. “Joe was an amazing airman and defender who volunteered to lead our best in Iraq. We are deeply saddened by his loss and very proud of his service.”
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