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Edward W. Forrest Jr.

    
Sunday, April 12 2009 @ 05:54 AM MDT
Contributed by: River97
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch -- A soldier who grew up in Fenton died Friday in a suicide truck bombing in the northern Iraq city of Mosul.

Sgt. Edward Forrest Jr., 25, was one of five soldiers killed in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in more than a year.

Forrest was based at Fort Carson in Colorado and lived near the base with his wife and two sons, ages 2 and one month.

Forrest was a 2003 graduate of Rockwood Summit High School. He was on his third tour of duty in Iraq.

"I asked him not to re-enlist," said his only sibling, Melissa Forrest-Pliner, 30, of Florissant. "I told him I didn't want him to be a hero. I just wanted him to be my brother.



"But he said he owed it to his brothers — that's what he called the soldiers in his unit — to go back and help them finish up the job."

At Rockwood Summit, Forrest was a long-distance runner on the track team. He enlisted straight out of high school.

Forrest-Pliner said her brother "would tell my husband particular things about Iraq, but he would never tell me because he knew I'd worry.

"We've always been close, all of our lives. He and I had a bond that we didn't even have with our parents. I confided in him and he confided in me. And now half my heart's gone," she said.

U.S. military officials said the suicide bomber detonated a ton of explosives hidden beneath grain on a truck. The blast, near a police headquarters, also killed two Iraqi policemen and wounded 62 people.

Forrest's mother, Tina Hessler, lives in High Ridge. His father, Edward Forrest Sr., lives in Overland.
 
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Edward W. Forrest Jr.
Authored by: anonymous on Monday, April 13 2009 @ 08:33 AM MDT
I was his Squad Leader on his first tour, I absolutly couldn't believe it when I heard the other day as members of my old Platoon slowly started to pass the information around. May you rest in peace Forrest and God speed to your children and your wife.
Edward W. Forrest Jr.
Authored by: anonymous on Monday, April 13 2009 @ 04:06 PM MDT
We are all very proud of what he did for our country!!! We will all miss him. He was a wonderful person there was not nothing he wouldn't do for anyone. I know because He was my step brother!

Angelisa and family
Edward W. Forrest Jr.
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, April 26 2009 @ 05:39 PM MDT
Eddie was a great person. His so called sister, Melissa is a damn liar. She was not close to Eddie and I think it is pretty sad that she would dishonor him by telling lies to the press.
Edward W. Forrest Jr.
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, November 20 2009 @ 02:18 PM MST
MY BROTHER WAS A WONDERFUL MAN,AND ITS ASHAME HIS WIFE TRIED TO BRING OUT HER JEALOUSY ON THIS PAGE THAT IS MADE IN HONOR OF MY BROTHER,ITS NOT ABOUT HER BEING JEALOUS WE WERE CLOSE,SHE KNEW HIM MAYBE 5YRS OF HIS 25 COME ON NOW,GROW UP,THATS WHAT IT IS SHE'S YOUNG AND DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKIN BOUT.IF YOUR SO GROWN THEN COME TO ME,WE ALL KNOW THAT WON'T HAPPEN.I'M SO HAPPY HE WAS MY LIL BROTHER.R.I.P.BUBBA,KNOW THAT I WON'T LET HER CARRY THIS B.S.OUT WE JUST TALKED RIGHT BEFORE YOU WENT BACK AND YOU TOLD ME SOME PERSONAL THINGS AND I'M GLAD,CAUSE IT'S HELPING ME NOW.LOVE,YOUR ONLY SISTER,ONLY SIBLING,MELISSA FORREST-PLINER
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