{"id":73186,"date":"2017-07-03T10:07:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73186"},"modified":"2017-07-03T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T14:07:31","slug":"idaho-guardsmen-lost-in-resort-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73186","title":{"rendered":"Idaho guardsmen lost in resort fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Someone sent us a link to the sad news<\/a> that some Idaho National Guardsmen from Boise were killed in a fire at a resort in Donnelly on Friday night. It looks like the fire resulted from a propane tank explosion.<\/p>\n

Guard spokesman Maj. Chris Borders declined to identify the guard member or members who died; however, a news release from the Valley County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Sunday said that William Smith, who friends say went by \u201cMitch,\u201d identified the victims as his wife, Erin Smith, 39; their friend James Harper III, 49; and two juveniles. The Smiths and Harper are Boise residents.<\/p>\n

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Erin Smith made national headlines last year as one of the first female tank crew members in the U.S., and co-workers remember her as a \u201ctrailblazer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s not a young woman in the National Guard that doesn\u2019t look to Erin as a role model,\u201d said fellow guardsman Noah Siple.<\/p>\n

Siple, who said he was shocked to hear about the fatal fire, described Erin Smith as someone who wanted to break down barriers for other soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t for her own limelight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Siple said Erin Smith and Harper were both senior leaders within the National Guard, deeply involved with many others in the organization.<\/p>\n

Harper, he said, played a key role in bringing several memorials to Gowen Field, including one commemorating fallen soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe really championed legacy, and there\u2019s so many of us that want to memorialize Jim,\u201d Siple said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The guardsmen were celebrating the Fourth of July weekend together when the explosion occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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