Wednesday Hero - Pfc. Joseph Allen Jeffries
Published Tue, May 22 2007 10:56 PM
Pfc. Joseph Allen Jeffries 21 years old from Beaverton, Oregon
Army Reserve’s 320th Psychological Operations Company
May 29, 2004
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Pfc. Jeffries was killed with two fellow soldiers, Capt. Daniel W. Eggers and Sgt. 1st Class Robert J. Mogensen, and an unnamed sailor, when their vehicle drove over an IED in Kandahar, Afghanistan. All four service members were attached to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan. He is survived by his wife, Betsy, and his parents Mark and Linda Jeffries.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero. We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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