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Justin R Blackwell
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Name: Army Spc. Justin R. Blackwell
Age: 27
From: Paris, Tenn.
Assigned to the 59th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Spc. Justin R. Blackwell died Aug. 5 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy indirect fire. Also killed was Pvt. Jeremy S. Bohannon.
Died: August 05, 2007
Soldier becomes 3rd from Henry Co. to die in Iraq war
The Associated Press
Age: 27
From: Paris, Tenn.
Assigned to the 59th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Army Spc. Justin R. Blackwell died Aug. 5 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy indirect fire. Also killed was Pvt. Jeremy S. Bohannon.
Died: August 05, 2007
Soldier becomes 3rd from Henry Co. to die in Iraq war
The Associated Press
PARIS, Tenn. — An Army specialist from Paris was killed when his base in Iraq was hit in a mortar attack August 5, while an airman from Portland died of natural causes in Germany.
Justin Richard Blackwell, who was attached to a military police company, was stationed at one of the forward operating bases in Baghdad when the attack occurred August 5, his brother Nathan told The Paris Post-Intelligencer.
His death has not yet been announced by the Department of Defense.
The brother said Blackwell, 27, had been in the Army six years and is survived by two other brothers.
Blackwell is the third soldier from Henry County to be killed in the...
Occupation
the 59th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo.;
Incident
Army Spc. Justin R. Blackwell died Aug. 5 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy indirect fire. Also killed was Pfc. Jeremy S. Bohannon.
Prayers & Messages
Justin R Blackwell
2008-05-25
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heros never dies.
Justin R Blackwell
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.