Wednesday Hero - Army SSG Justin Whiting
- Posted by Beth on January 30th, 2008 filed in Iraq, Support the Troops, Wednesday Hero
SSgt. Justing R. Whiting
27 years old from Hancock, New York
3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
January 19, 2008
Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting, a Special Forces medical sergeant sustained fatal wounds when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive devise 16 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.
He is survived by his mother, Estelline, of Colorado Springs, Colo., father, Randall, of Hancock, N.Y., sister, Amanda, of DuPont, Wash., and brother Nathan of Dover, Tenn.
For more information on SSgt. Justin Whiting, you can download this PDF file with his biography.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Heroes.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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Lord Bitememan says:
The body falls, the soldier lives on in the spirit of our nation. R.I.P.
raz0r says:
Godspeed to Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting. May the Lord watch over and comfort his family.
Megan says:
2 weeks later, still can’t believe you’re gone..love you Justin, in my heart always..