Jeremy W. McHalffey
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Age: 28
From: Mabelvale, Ark.
Assigned to the 39th Infantry Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard, Little Rock, Ark.
Incident: Army Spc. Jeremy W. McHalffey was killed Jan. 4 when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his military vehicle in Taji, Iraq. Also
Died: January 04, 2005
Arkansas Guardsman killed in Iraq laid to rest
By Connie Farrow
Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — An Army National Guardsman killed in Iraq was remembered Wednesday as a hero who wanted nothing more than to be a good soldier.
Gray clouds hung heavy in the sky as family, friends and fellow soldiers said goodbye to Spc. Jeremy W. McHalffey, who was buried with full military honors.
A second member of his Arkansas-based unit, Spc. Joshua Marcum of Evening Shade, Ark., also was buried with military honors Wednesday.
McHalffey, 28, of Springfield, and Marcum were among three Arkansas National Guard soldiers killed Jan. 4 when their Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in the al-Shaab district of Baghdad.
“Jeremy is just a true American hero,” Maj. Gen. Don C. Morrow said after the internment service at Missouri Veterans Cemetery. “He exhibited great courage in going forth and doing his job.”
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Is not to die.
Rest in peace