Sunday, May 24, 2009

Another One




"Laura Youngblood, widow of U.S. Navy Petty Officer Travis L. Youngblood, touches his gravestone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery during the Memorial Day weekend in Arlington, Va., on Sunday, May 24. Youngblood died of wounds received in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in July of 2005 in Iraq." msnbc
"Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis L. Youngblood, 26, of Surrency, Georgia, died July 21, 2005, of wounds received July 15, 2005, from an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Hit, Iraq. Youngblood was a hospital corpsman assigned to Naval Hospital Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Illinois, and deployed with the II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). " Arlington Cemetery page
The report further stated he died from shrapnel wounds to the legs and throat.
He also left behind a four month old son.
His picture never left his widows side.
Even as she delivered their baby girl- two months after his death.
She was named Emma

1 comment:

MarmiteToasty said...

Tears to go to bed to.....

nite..

x