{"id":10697,"date":"2009-05-14T20:22:46","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T01:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=10697"},"modified":"2009-05-14T20:43:06","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T01:43:06","slug":"vietnam-vet-killed-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=10697","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Vet killed in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad, sad news<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Maj. Steven Hutchison, of Scottsdale, Ariz., decided to re-enlist after the 9\/11 terrorist attacks and the death of his wife, his brother said.<\/p>\n

Richard Hutchison told The Associated Press on Thursday that his older brother wanted to re-enlist immediately after the 9\/11 terror attacks, but that his wife was against it.<\/p>\n

He signed up again in July 2007 after she died, according to his brother and the Army.<\/p>\n

“He was very devoted to the service and to his country,” Richard Hutchison said. “I didn’t want him to do it, but he had a mind of his own and that’s what he wanted to do.”<\/p>\n

The Pentagon said Steven Hutchison was killed in Iraq on Sunday. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Steven Hutchison served in Afghanistan for a year after he re-enlisted and went to Iraq in October as a team leader of about a dozen soldiers who would train Iraqi soldiers how to fight. But, he said his brother\u2019s mission changed and that he was working to secure Iraq\u2019s southern border instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now you know why I named that whole generation of servicemen as my heroes – they keep giving until there’s nothing more to give.<\/p>\n

Richard Hutchison said his brother will be buried next to [his wife] Candy in Scottsdale, and that a funeral is tentatively planned for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Hutchison was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, at Fort Riley, Kan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He’ll be glad to be with the woman he loved again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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