Tag Archives: soldier

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    Christmas Eve airport arrival for QCA soldiers

    Christmas is all about spending time with family and friends. That’s especially true for military members, home for the holidays….

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    Military award recipients left off official lists

    Some legislators say shoddy paperwork and sloppy record keeping led to several names being omitted from lists of military award recipients.

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    Local soldier welcomed home from war

    Three area soldiers were welcomed back home from war at the Quad City International Airport Friday, August 10, 2012 amid…

  • News / Sports Dennis Murphy bike after RAGBRAI crash

    2 hurt in RAGBRAI crash

    PHOTOS INSIDE | Two Army soldiers were injured Tuesday morning when they were hit by a truck while riding on RAGBRAI in northwest Iowa.

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    Funeral set for Iowa soldier killed in Afghanistan

    Funeral services are scheduled for a soldier from Iowa who died June 27 in an improvised explosive device attack.

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    Iowa soldier killed in Afghanistan

    A western-Iowa soldier died while serving in Afghanistan.

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    Funeral services held for local soldier killed in Afghanistan

    Hundreds of family members and friends said their final goodbyes to a Quad City area soldier Tuesday, while others lined…

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    Thousands welcome fallen hero CPL. Luxmore home

    A processional for Corporal Bryant B.J. Luxmore of New Windsor left the Quad Cities Airport late Saturday morning. Over a…

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    Services planned for New Windsor soldier

    The funeral home handling services arrangements for Cpl. Bryant Luxmore says visitation is planned for Monday and funeral services Tuesday at Sherrard High School.

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    New Windsor soldier killed in Afghanistan

    A memorial fund has been established in the name of a soldier from New Windsor, Illinois who was killed in Afghanistan.

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    Local soldiers celebrate Mother’s Day half a world away

    Soldiers from a Galesburg-based unit of the Illinois Army National Guard celebrated Mother’s Day with gifts from their families who were half a world away.

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    Moline family excited for the return of PFC Reedy

    After serving a year in Afghanistan, PFC Tom Reedy is scheduled to come home Sunday night. The Moline High School…