Alain L. Kamolvathin
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Age: 21
From: Blairstown, N.J.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, New York, N.Y.
Incident: Army Spc. Alain L. Kamolvathin was killed Jan. 16 in a motor vehicle accident in Baghdad.
Died: January 16, 2005
N.J. Guardsman killed in Iraq vehicle accident
By Chris Newmarker
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — A 21-year-old soldier from Blairstown, remembered for his quiet demeanor and love of family, died Monday in a vehicle accident in Baghdad, the military said.
Spc. Alain L. Kamolvathin’s devotion to his many relatives was ever the more important because of the loss he had experienced in his immediate family, according to Marilyn Maring of Blairstown, a family friend.
Kamolvathin’s mother, Marie, died of cancer almost four years ago. His father, Chokchai, died of a heart attack two years ago. But he was constantly in touch with his many aunts and uncles and his only immediate relative, his 12-year-old sister, Sidney, Maring said.
“He was respected. He was mature. And he was very much loved. And he will be very much missed,” Maring said.
Kamolvathin attended North Warren Regional High School, but left in...
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Prayers & Messages
I am so sorry we lost you to this war. I am glad however that your life was taken in a way that so many of ours are taken everyday. Without terror and fear.
Thank you for your courage and your bravery to be on the front lines doing the best you can for our country and the world.
May you rest in peace and may your family be comforted in the fact that you were there doing what you believed in.
Love,
Mary