Army says Fort Campbell soldier died from self-inflicted injuries

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http://www.wkyt.com/global/story.asp?s=3623163&ClientType=Printable

Army says Fort Campbell soldier died from self-inflicted injuries

ST. LOUIS An Army representative who delivered news of a Fort Campbell soldier's death to her family in Missouri says she died from self-inflicted injuries.

But her father says the 19-year-old's death was not a suicide.

Army Private LaVena Johnson died Tuesday near Balad, Iraq, from what the Army called noncombat-related injuries. The Army said the cause of death remained under investigation.

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[bushisanidiot]

1. Thanks a lot, AWOL BUSH!!!!!

MOTHER FUCKER

[Judi Lynn]

2. Here's more on this young woman.....

Johnson, who was assigned to the 129th Corps Support Battalion based at Fort Campbell, Ky., would have turned 20 next Wednesday. She graduated from Hazelwood Central High School, near St. Louis, in 2004, where she was an honor roll student who had straight A's her senior year, her father John Johnson said.

"She was just a good kid," said her father, formerly a civilian personnel specialist for the military and now a consultant and author. "I used to call her Miss America."

LaVena Johnson had received commendations from members of the Missouri Senate and Congress for her volunteer work and good grades, her family said. She played the violin in the school's orchestra. She was socially conscious and a member of a school group that focused on diversity issues.
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http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3622892

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Soldier’s death hits family hard
By Norm Parish and Elizabethe Holland
Of the Post-Dispatch
07/20/2005

John Johnson knew what the uniformed man at his door had to say before a single word was uttered.

He had witnessed this scene before - in 1967, when an Army official came by to inform family members that his 19-year-old cousin, George Williams, had died in Vietnam.

But this visit was so much more difficult to take.

"I had seen this before," said Johnson of the unexpected visit that took place Tuesday morning at his tidy four-bedroom home in Florissant. "But she was my angel. She was just an angel."
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She was the first female soldier from Missouri to die while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/A27A78362926D60486257045001A78C9?OpenDocument

[sabra]

3. in all cases this is very sad...

family believes it wasn't a suicide... :-(

[gratuitous]

4. She would have turned 20 next Wednesday

Instead, a straight-A student is dead. And on the next holiday, we'll wave our flags again, cheer the military folks marching smartly down the street, thrill to the fighter jet flyovers, and all sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."

No wonder the Republicans take us for a bunch of rubes.

[VegasWolf]

5. The Republicans just need to put another yellow ribbon on their SUVs. nt

[yorkiemommie1]

6. " I just want my daughter back "

this is so sad.

But BushCo cares not.

[me b zola]

7. I would like to hear more from the father about his doubts

My heart goes out to her family.

Rest in Peace, LaVena.


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BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!!!