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Jacob S Fletcher
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Name: Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher
Age: 28
From: Bay Shore, N.Y.
Assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy
Incident: Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher was killed Nov. 13 when an improvised explosive device exploded next to the bus on which he was riding in Samara, Iraq.
Died: November 13, 2003
Funeral set for Long Island soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 28
From: Bay Shore, N.Y.
Assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy
Incident: Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher was killed Nov. 13 when an improvised explosive device exploded next to the bus on which he was riding in Samara, Iraq.
Died: November 13, 2003
Funeral set for Long Island soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Funeral services were scheduled Wednesday for a Long Island paratrooper killed in Iraq who joined the U.S. Army after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Jacob Fletcher, 28, a 1994 graduate of Babylon High School, died last Friday when explosives struck a bus he was on in the town of Samara.
He was the second Long Island soldier killed since the United States invaded Iraq in March. The first, Raheen Heighter, 22, was killed when a bomb exploded under his vehicle in July. Both men were from the Bay Shore community.
Fletcher’s mother, Dorine Kenney of Bay Shore, told Newsday in Tuesday editions that her son always wanted to...
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Company C, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy
Incident
Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher was killed Nov. 13 when an improvised explosive device exploded next to the bus on which he was riding in Samara, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Jacob S Fletcher
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.