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Comrade brings fallen GI

July 21, 2008 in The Fallen

For the next several days, U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Parrish has just one painful but important task: to make sure Spc. Byron Fouty’s remains are safely returned to his family — first to Michigan, then on to Texas.
On Sunday, a private Leer jet landed at Oakland-Pontiac Airport, and Parrish, who served with Fouty in Iraq, [...]

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Spc. Byron Fouty's remains to arrive in Michigan

July 21, 2008 in The Fallen

The remains of U.S. Army Spc. Byron Fouty are expected to arrive today in Michigan, with services for the slain soldier to be held Tuesday.
Spc. Byron Fouty, who would have turned 20 in April, disappeared May 12, 2007, when he and two other soldiers were captured after an Al Qaeda ambush outside Baghdad. The skeletal [...]

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Internet scam targets sympathizers of fallen soldier Spc. Byron Fouty

July 19, 2008 in Soldiers In Iraq

The Better Business Bureau is warning people not to fall for an Internet scam that uses the name of fallen U.S. Army Spc. Byron Fouty.
Tim Burns, spokesman for the Southfield-based Better Business Bureau Serving Eastern Michigan, said his office has received calls about the scam, in which someone claiming to be Fouty’s father, Mick, is [...]

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