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Private First
Class Jordan M. Brochu, age 20, of Cumberland, Maine died on August 31,
2009 in Shuyene Sufia, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd
Infantry Division of Fort Lewis, Washington as an infantryman. He
was a graduate of the Lake Region Vocational Center of Naples, Maine in
2008. He was an excellent athlete who played football and was on the track and field
team in school. Among his
hobbies were the culinary arts, playing the violin, and poetry. He enlisted in the Army
in August 2008. Brochu died while taking part in an operation called OPPORTUNITY HOLD - a fight to control the Argandab River Valley in southern Afghanistan. He died with two other members of his unit in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack. Among his awards are the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Combat Infantry Badge. |
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