Sunday, April 24, 2011

US Army Staff Sgt. James Justice

US Army Staff Sgt. James A. Justice, aged 32, from Grimes, Iowa died on 23rd April 2011 in Kapisa province, Afghanistan from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. 

He served with 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, based at Le Mars, Iowa.

Staff Sgt. Justice enlisted as an Infantryman in the Iowa Army National Guard in September 1998 at Denison, Iowa and completed Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Ft. Benning, Georgia in May 1999.  

He previously deployed to Operation Desert Spring (Kuwait) in 2001, the Multinational Force Observer peacekeeping mission (Sinai Peninsula, Egypt) in 2003-2004, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005-2006.  Prior to his mobilization, he was employed full-time by the Iowa National Guard at Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa.

He leaves a wife and child.

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