
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Ray Linford remembers Army Capt. James Shull as a special person, so special that he lent his Porsche to Shull for Shull’s high school senior prom.
“He was the hardest worker I’ve ever seen,” Linford said. “I used to tell him to take it easy, he was working so hard.”
The Department of Defense reported that Shull, 32, died Nov. 17 from an accidental gunshot wound he received in Baghdad while serving with the 1st Armored Division.
Married with three young children, Shull had been in Iraq for several months, said his brother, Brad Shull of Bothell.
Details of his death were under investigation. His brother told The Seattle Times that Shull had been...