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Name: Army Pvt. Joshua F. Powers Age: 21 From: Skiatook, Okla. Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. Incident: Army Pvt. Joshua F. Powers died Feb. 24 of a non-combat-related injury in Baghdad. Died:
February
24, 2006
Okla. soldier remembered as a “unique person”
SKIATOOK, Okla. — Family and friends mourned the loss of an Oklahoma soldier without the clamor of protests from members of a Kansas church.
Army Pvt. Joshua Francis Powers was remembered Monday as a “unique person” with a congenial spirit.
Powers, 21, died Feb. 25 from a non-combat-related injury in Baghdad, the Department of Defense said. He had been in Iraq about 2½ weeks as part of the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, which is based in Fort Campbell, Ky.
His funeral came days after Gov. Brad Henry signed into a law legislation designed to keep protesters at least 500 feet away from military service members’ funerals an hour before and after the service.
The law was in response to funeral demonstrations by the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, which claims God is allowing...
Prayers & Condolences For: Joshua F. Powers BY DONNYDO on May 17, 2006
May Christ support us all the day long, till the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over and our work is done. Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and holy rest and peace at the last.
Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Joshua's family and friends