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Lt. Andy Houghton has died.
Family of 1st Lt. Andy Houghton ^ | self

Posted on 08/09/2004 6:14:17 AM PDT by Jalapeno

Lt. Houghton was severely wounded in July by an RPG in Iraq. He was very strong in his will to live, but alas, God has asked him to join Him.

A previous thread on Andy was posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175793/posts

You do not know him, and he is no one to you, except someone who has offered his life, so that your's can be free. We are forever in his debt.

Andrew Houghton ’97 who passed away on Monday, August 9, 2004. Houghton, a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, died from injuries sustained on July 10, 2004 while serving in Iraq. A 1997 graduate of Strake Jesuit in Houston, Texas, Houghton was active while a student at Strake Jesuit. In addition to being named to the National Honor Society as a sophomore, he was a member of the football and track & field teams all four years while at Jesuit. Also, he served on the Crusader Guard, Yearbook staff, Freshman Retreat Team and Debate Team.

http://www.andyhoughton.org/

(site may be bandwidth challenged today)


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1 posted on 08/09/2004 6:14:17 AM PDT by Jalapeno
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To: Jalapeno; Peach; onedoug; OldFriend; Ragtime Cowgirl; TXnMA; maxwellp; Arpege92; jtminton; ...

Thank you everyone who has offered prayers. Please pray for his family.


2 posted on 08/09/2004 6:14:49 AM PDT by Jalapeno
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We will never be able to Thank him or his family enough. Prayers for strength and comfort to his family.

Pray for W and Our Troops

3 posted on 08/09/2004 6:16:22 AM PDT by bray (Yaaaawn Tax , Tax , Tax & Kerry wants your paycheck!)
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To: Jalapeno

Prayers sent! Thank you for your service, Lt. Houghton.


4 posted on 08/09/2004 6:17:03 AM PDT by jtminton (Kerry/Edwards 2004: It's Boring in America again!)
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To: Jalapeno

May you rest in peace, dear Hero.


5 posted on 08/09/2004 6:26:09 AM PDT by toomanygrasshoppers ("Hold on to your hats.....it's going to be a bumpy night")
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To: Jalapeno

Thank you Lt Houghton.


6 posted on 08/09/2004 6:27:48 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (God bless our Veterans!!! And God bless America!!! Molon Labe.)
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To: Jalapeno

With a solemn salute and a bowed head, a grateful heart says "Thank you, Andy".


7 posted on 08/09/2004 6:28:50 AM PDT by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: Jalapeno

God Bless him and his family. "Greater love has no man than he that lays down his life for his friends."


8 posted on 08/09/2004 6:33:33 AM PDT by sandydipper (Less government is best government!)
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To: Jalapeno

Prayers.


9 posted on 08/09/2004 6:34:04 AM PDT by TXBSAFH (Bandwidth is too good for these (L)users.)
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Heavenly Father, we return with tears to give You thanks for the life of this brave young man. Thank You for all those who ministered to him in an attempt to restore him to health ... may they be touched by the prayers and love that have surrounded Andy, and may their hearts be inclined to the Author of Life. Thank You that we can know grief and sorrow, yet know that Andy joyfully is in Your Presence. Comfort his family and friends, for a light is gone from their household. Our nation has been blessed by his life and his service ... his struggle has been great, but now he is Home. In the Name of Jesus, we praise You, Amen ...
10 posted on 08/09/2004 6:34:29 AM PDT by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His Word ...)
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To: Jalapeno

Prayers for Lt. Andy Houghton. May you be at peace with our Lord now, Andy.

God bless and comfort his family and friends.


11 posted on 08/09/2004 6:36:00 AM PDT by baseballmom (Michael Moore - An un-American Hatriot)
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To: Jalapeno
The entire West Point community here in Houston mourns.

Andy was USMA class of 2001.

"Well done; Be Thou at Peace..."

12 posted on 08/09/2004 6:39:25 AM PDT by Airborne Longhorn
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Thank you Lt. Houghton. Your work on this earth was done. Your family was blessed to have you in their lives and so were we. Rest in peace and God bless all those who loved you.


13 posted on 08/09/2004 6:39:28 AM PDT by cubreporter (-I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers.)
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To: Jalapeno
God bless you, Lt. Houghton.

God bless your family also.

I thank The Lord every day for Americans like the Houghton family.

Our little girl is 3. She says her prayers every night at bedtime. Her last line is always: "And thankyou God for the brave soldiers who are protecting us."

She will thank God for Lt. Houghton especially tonight.

I'm so sorry and so thankful.

AV

14 posted on 08/09/2004 6:41:05 AM PDT by Atomic Vomit
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To: Jalapeno

Prayers for him and his family. And gratitude for his service - he sounds like he must have been a fine young man, and he is a loss to us all.


15 posted on 08/09/2004 6:43:26 AM PDT by livius
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For his family, prayers for their comfort.


16 posted on 08/09/2004 6:43:38 AM PDT by Mamzelle (for a post-neo conservatism)
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To: Jalapeno

Prayers for a brave soldier.


17 posted on 08/09/2004 6:44:41 AM PDT by beckett
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To: Jalapeno

My family and I will pray for the Lt.'s family this evening, and we will thank God for the gift of freedom that He has given us through the sacrifice of Lt. Houghton.


18 posted on 08/09/2004 6:52:22 AM PDT by Ol' Sox (Isa u Akbar)
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To: Jalapeno

Take your post sir. Your duty is done for now.


19 posted on 08/09/2004 7:09:10 AM PDT by TMSuchman (If we don't get out to vote, the anti-Americans will win, and we will loose everything!)
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Oh, so very sorry. I pray everyday for these fine men and women. I hate to see a life cut short, but he was a true hero.


20 posted on 08/09/2004 7:11:12 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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