Friday, April 21 2006 @ 05:54 PM EDT
Contributed by: River97
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 www.courier-journal.com -- OWENSBORO, Ky. -- A Kentucky soldier who was two weeks away from coming home on furlough was killed in Iraq this week when an explosive struck his Humvee, his family said.
Army Pvt. Robert Jason Settle, 25, was killed Wednesday, but his family wasn't sure where he was patrolling when he died.
He had served in Iraq for five months, his family said.
"He was wonderful," his mother, Sharon Settle of Maceo, told the Messenger-Inquirer of Owensboro. "He loved everybody. He was happy with life. ... You could not ask for a better kid."
His father, Barry Settle of McLean County, said, "He loved his country."
The Settles were against their son joining the military, the newspaper said.
"He got nothing accomplished (in Iraq). And he's dead," Sharon Settle said.
The Pentagon had not confirmed the death yesterday.
Settle grew up in McLean County and moved to Owensboro before joining the military in May 2004.
Settle's survivors include a 5-year-old daughter. |
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I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
A grateful citizen