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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Chris_ on March 31, 2008, 12:04:30 AM
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Military Finds Body of Matt Maupin (http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=59d7b1b6-79de-40bf-858b-703834adbfb7)
BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - The father of Matt Maupin, a soldier listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004 said today that the military had informed him that his son's remains were found in Iraq. Keith Maupin said at a news conference in suburban Cincinnati that an Army general told him DNA testing had identified the remains of his son, Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, or "Matt" as he was commonly known.
Matt Maupin was a 20-year-old private first class when he was captured April 9, 2004, after his fuel convoy, part of the 724th Transportation Company, was ambushed west of Baghdad.
A week later, the Arab television network Al-Jazeera aired a videotape showing Maupin sitting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles.
That June, Al-Jazeera aired another tape purporting to show a U.S. soldier being shot. But the dark and grainy tape showed only the back of the victim's head and not the actual shooting.
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Sad news, but I'm glad his family can finally rest. :(
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Bump for a sad event :(
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Rest in peace... he finally comes home.
And let it not be in vain.
*Red*
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RIP, Specialist . . .
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RIP...............may god be with you.
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I remember this soldier.. I'm glad his family now has the answers as to what happened to him.
And the left thinks we treat enemy combatants at Guantanamo worse than that??
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RIP. Godspeed.
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I'm glad SSG Maupin and his family can now rest in peace.
His sacrifice will not be in vain.
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I'm Certain that his friends and fellow soldiers in his unit did everything they could to make sure that he didn't die in vain and will continue to do so until we break the backs of the ones responsible for the brutality committed against him.
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:taps:
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:taps: RIP
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 254-08
March 31, 2008
DoD Announces Change in Status of Army Soldier
The Department of Defense today announced the change in status of a soldier supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from missing-captured to deceased.
The armed forces medical examiner confirmed on March 29, human remains recovered in Iraq were those of Staff Sgt. Keith M. Maupin, 24, of Batavia, Ohio.
Maupin had been listed as missing-captured since April 16, 2004. His convoy came under attack by individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on April 9, 2004.
He was assigned to the 724th Transportation Company, Bartonville, Ill.
The incident remains under investigation.
Media with queries regarding operations in Iraq should contact the Multi-National Division – Baghdad public affairs office, (914) 822-8174, or email mndb_pao_cic@mnd-b.army.mil . Change-in-status questions should be directed to Shari Lawrence, deputy public affairs officer for U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Alexandria, Va., (703) 325-8856. Media may contact the public affairs officer assisting the Maupin family, Lt. Col. Willie Harris, U.S. Army Reserve Command, (404) 201-1770.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11796
Just....damn
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RIP, Matt Maupin. and fare thee well. :bawl:
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This showed up on FR last night --
Maupin’s parents told son’s captors are in U.S. custody (http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54131)
Army officials have told the parents of Sgt. Matt Maupin that some of the Iraqis believed to be responsible for their son’s capture four years ago are in custody, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday.
“I know that there are at least two who are supposed to be put on trial, if they haven’t been already,†Keith Maupin, father of the Ohio soldier, told the Enquirer. Maupin’s remains were found March 20 in Iraq by U.S. soldiers, nearly four years after he was captured in a convoy attack near the Baghdad airport.
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This showed up on FR last night --
Maupin’s parents told son’s captors are in U.S. custody (http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54131)
Army officials have told the parents of Sgt. Matt Maupin that some of the Iraqis believed to be responsible for their son’s capture four years ago are in custody, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday.
“I know that there are at least two who are supposed to be put on trial, if they haven’t been already,†Keith Maupin, father of the Ohio soldier, told the Enquirer. Maupin’s remains were found March 20 in Iraq by U.S. soldiers, nearly four years after he was captured in a convoy attack near the Baghdad airport.
Thoes two should have their necks stretched.
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Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but know am found,
Was blind but know I see
"twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
The lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
�tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but know am found,
Was blind but now I see
(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z128/bhmason_album/marine_child.jpg)
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Godspeed soldier, RIP.