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2005/10/25

The Guardsman Who Wrote His Own Obituary

@ 08:32 PM (34 months, 19 days ago)

CNN.com has the story of James Kinlow, a Georgia National Guardsman who was killed in Iraq.

His story is especially compelling because he wrote his own obituary before going to Iraq.  Kinlow learned late last year that he was going to Iraq, and so between Christmas and New Year's, he wrote his own obituary.

It read:

"Mr. James O. Kinlow, 35, of Holt St. died -------- in Iraq."

Sadly, that date has now been filled in: July 24.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/25/iraq.soldier.story.ap/index.html

 

 

Comment(s) »

  1. Here's a story about some wounded soldiers.

    http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/003296.html

    and there is a project called Valour IT at Soldiers angels that is raising money to help those who have had limbs amputated get voice activated softwar and laptops.

    http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

    http://soldiersangels.org/valour/index.html

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2005/11/05 @ 08:34 AM — (Reply)

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