Willard M. Powell
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Age: 21
From: Evansville, Ind.
Assigned to the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Cpl. Willard M. Powell died Aug. 16 in Balad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when the enemy attacked using small-arms fire during combat operations in Taramiyah, Iraq.
Died: August 16, 2007
Evansville soldier killed in Iraq mourned
The Associated Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A soldier killed in Iraq was remembered Saturday for his unswerving friendship.
Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects to Cpl. Will Powell, 21, at Crossroads Christian Church on Evansville’s east side.
Powell was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) at Fort Lewis, Wash. and died in Balad on Aug. 16 after being hit with enemy small arms fire in Taramiyah, the Department of Defense said.
A half-dozen friends spoke from the stage near Powell’s flag-draped casket, where a portrait of Powell in camoflage fatigues stood.
“Once you became his friend, he loved you no matter what,” said Bryce Pitlick. “He sacrificed himself for his friends, no matter what it was — and now he’s paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
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