(IRR activated) Soldier from Festus killed in Iraq (2 wks before he was to come home)

UpInArms

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Sun Apr-15-07 08:44 AM
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(IRR activated) Soldier from Festus killed in Iraq (2 wks before he was to come home)

Source: St Louis Today newspaper

Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Wallace, 27, was supposed to leave Iraq and prepare to come home in two weeks.

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Wallace was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb in Fallujah. He had been deployed since May.

His father, Rickey Wallace, said his son had already served his active duty contract for three years in Germany and Kosovo and was called back to duty from the Individual Ready Reserve.

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"In Brandon’s mind, he thought he was basically done," his father said. "He was shocked that they called him back."

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/8FC2EBE84D5D1432862572BE0019765F?OpenDocument

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Dogmudgeon

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Sun Apr-15-07 09:10 AM
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1. I had a friend who lived in Festus, MO for a while.

Her husband was in chiropractic school. She hated the place. But other than that, she said it was a nice town.

The band The Bottle Rockets come from Festus.

Godspeed, Sgt. Wallace, Godspeed.

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IndianaGreen

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Sun Apr-15-07 11:10 AM
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2. SSG Wallace was murdered by George Bush

Bush is the murderer responsible for all of Americans that he sent to their deaths in Iraq in order to satisfy an Oedipus Rex compulsion of his.

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sagesnow

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Sun Apr-15-07 01:54 PM
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3. Makes me sad and sick inside

Hi B-
Bless the Wallace family and hug all your sons and daughters tight.

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UpInArms

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Mon Apr-16-07 09:40 PM
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5. ...

:hug:

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BrklynLiberal

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Sun Apr-15-07 05:07 PM
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4. And there are STILL those who would argue that we must stay there so as not to have

"wasted" those that have already died there. :puke:

To paraphrase John Kerry, "Who wants their son, brother, father, mother, sister, daughter, etc...to be the last one to die for a mistake?"

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proud2BlibKansan

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Mon Apr-16-07 09:43 PM
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6. damn war

Edited on Mon Apr-16-07 09:47 PM by proud2Blib

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orleans

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Mon Apr-16-07 09:45 PM
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7. so sad...this whole fucking war is a tragedy.... n/t

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