
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Pleasanton resident who gained maturity in the Army and had a strong religious faith has become the fifth Kansas soldier and the 16th from Fort Riley to die serving in Iraq.
The Army post said that Spc. Joseph L. Lister, 22, died Nov. 20 in Ar Ramadi when the convoy in which he was traveling was hit by a homemade bomb.
Lister is survived by his wife and an infant son at Fort Riley. People who knew him said that he’d become more mature and confident and was proud of his military service.
“Everything was really clicking for him,” said the Rev. Jim Landrum, pastor at First Baptist Church in Pleasanton, where Lister was baptised in...