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Paul C Mardis Jr
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis Jr.
Age: 25
From: Palmetto, Fla.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis Jr. died July 15 in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained May 20 when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: July 15, 2004
Soldier who died of war injuries eulogized by comrade-in-arms
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Palmetto, Fla.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis Jr. died July 15 in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained May 20 when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
Died: July 15, 2004
Soldier who died of war injuries eulogized by comrade-in-arms
Associated Press
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell soldier wounded in Iraq remembered Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis as an inspiration at a memorial service Tuesday.
Mardis, 25, who was born in Coshocton, Ohio, died Thursday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington from injuries suffered in a May 20 explosion near Mosul.
Sgt. 1st Class Donald Kabrich, wounded in the same attack, visited Mardis in the hospital numerous times.
“But once again, it was Paul doing the inspiring,” he said.
Kabrich said Mardis helped him after the blast.
“It was hugely powerful. It instantly changed our reality,” Kabrich said. “I was wounded, and I know Paul...
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3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis Jr. died July 15 in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained May 20 when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.
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Paul C Mardis Jr
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.