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Soldier Killed In Iraq, Buried With Mother
Washington Post ^
| Sunday, November 9, 2003
| Associated Press
Posted on 11/12/2003 8:06:37 PM PST by yonif
BEAVER FALLS, Pa., Nov. 8 -- An Army sergeant killed in a missile attack as he was returning home for his mother's funeral was buried along with her on Saturday.
More than 200 family members and friends gathered at a school auditorium about 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh for a double funeral for Sgt. Ernest Bucklew and his mother.
Mary Ellen Bucklew, 57, of Darlington Township died Oct. 31 of an aneurysm as she drove home from work. Her son, 33, was on emergency leave two days later when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter he was in was shot down near Fallujah, Iraq.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bucklew; burial; iraq; mother; soldier
Sad story.
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posted on
11/12/2003 8:06:38 PM PST
by
yonif
To: yonif
2
posted on
11/12/2003 8:08:29 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(When the countdown hits zero, something's gonna happen..)
To: yonif
I hate every loss.This one seemed especially cruel for the family.
3
posted on
11/12/2003 8:09:25 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: yonif
Both torn from this life in an instant. Hope they were ready and it did not hurt too much.
4
posted on
11/12/2003 8:13:30 PM PST
by
RobbyS
(XP)
To: yonif
This is so unbelieveably sad. My prayers for his family. Please, Lord, give them strength.
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posted on
11/12/2003 8:18:03 PM PST
by
swany
To: RobbyS
They are already reunited; God bless them.
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posted on
11/12/2003 8:59:38 PM PST
by
giznort
To: yonif
Heartbreaking.
To: yonif
And I thought I was having a bad month after my mother was diagnosed with cancer. This is really sad and sobering.
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