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A Sign From A Fallen Soldier – Building’s Marker Headed To Beaver County From Afghanistan

John Paul
By John Paul
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Command Sgt. Maj. Ronnie Kelley, U.S. Army Central, stands with Soldiers of the 687th Horizontal Engineer Company, 315th Engineer Battalion, 45TH CENTCOM Material Recovery Element, July 26, 2014, in front of a building dedicated to Sgt. Joshua J. Rimer, an engineer who died July 22, 2009 while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom. Kelley thanked Soldiers for their hard work and dedication to the unit’s mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tracy R. Myers, U.S. Army Central)

A sign dedicating a building in Afghanistan to Sgt. Joshua J. Rimer is now destined for Beaver County. Sgt. Rimer was an engineer Soldier from Rochester who died in 2009 of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. The Army is proceeding with retrograde operations as part…

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John Paul
John Paul
John Paul is an award-winning investigative journalist and founder of BeaverCountian.com. He reports full time for the site with a focus on public watchdog journalism.

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