Ignacio soldier killed in Iraq

"By Nick Martin
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 02:50:41 PM MDT


Corporal Jason K. Lafleur, from Ignacio, was killed in a car bombing in Iraq. (U.S. Army)



Corporal Jason K. Lafleur of Ignacio and two other paratroopers were killed Aug. 4 in Iraq when a make-shift bomb exploded near their vehicle.
Lafleur was on patrol with Sgt. Dustin S. Wakeman and Specialist Jaron D. Holliday near Hawr Rajab, Iraq.
The three were stationed in Fort Richardson, Alaska with the 25th Infantry Division.
Lafleur, 28, was a Cavalry Scout who joined the Army in May 2005. "


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