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Army officials still are not releasing any information about the death of a decorated Kansas Army National Guard member nearly two months after his body was found at Fort Sill, Okla. On his 36th birthday, 1st Lt. Jeremy Clawson was found dead July 21 along a road near one of the firing ranges at his post in Fort Sill, Okla., according to The Associated Press. His death is being investigated by the post's Criminal Investigation Division. ----------advertisement----------- After being activated by the Guard in December 2008, 1st Lt. Clawson arrived at Fort Sill in January and was assigned to the...

Jeremy Clawson was so ambitious and accomplished in every aspect of his life that his recent death left his former commander “shell-shocked.” “I was really in disbelief because he was just so full of life,” Rick Peat, commander of the 105th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Topeka, said Monday. “That’s just the way he was – he wanted to squeeze every bit of juice out of life, whether in his career or with his family.” Clawson, 36, a decorated soldier and member of the Kansas Army National Guard, was found dead last Tuesday along a road at his post in...

Jeremy Andrew Clawson was a man of great integrity, friends say. As an American soldier, he put his life on the line in Iraq and Afghanistan to serve his country. As a husband and father, he was devoted to his family. And as a journalist, he never stopped pursuing the truth. Clawson, 36, a member of the Kansas Army National Guard, was found dead Tuesday along a road at his post in Fort Sill, Okla., according to The Associated Press. Fort Sill officials reported his body was found near one of the post's firing ranges. His death is being investigated...