Name: Army Spc. Dustin J. Harris Age: 21 From: Patten, Maine Assigned to the 172nd Brigade Support Battalion, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska Incident: Army Spc. Dustin J. Harris was killed April 6 when an improvised device detonated while he was conducting dismounted patrol operations in Bayji, Iraq. Died:
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06, 2006 Maine mourns young soldier
PATTEN, Maine — A 21-year-old soldier from Patten who enlisted in the Army following his high school graduation was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, officials said Friday.
Spc. Dustin James Harris from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, was on foot patrol Thursday with elements of the 101st Airborne Division in Bayji, 150 miles north of Baghdad, when the improvised explosive device detonated nearby, the Army said.
Word of Harris’ death spread quickly through this northern Penobscot County town and was confirmed by Gov. John Baldacci and members of the Maine congressional delegation.
Harris was a 2002 graduate of Katahdin High School in Stacyville, where his younger brother is a senior.
Prayers & Condolences For: Dustin J. Harris BY Anonymous on Oct 27, 2006
May all who grieve for you find strength in knowing you are not truly gone because you will live in their hearts forever.
May you find eternal peace in the warmth and love of Heaven, and know that you will see your loved ones again in Heaven.
Rest in peace brave soldier, and may God bless you.
Prayers & Condolences For: Dustin J. Harris BY DONNYDO on May 13, 2006
May Christ support us all the day long, till the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over and our work is done. Then in his mercy may he give us a safe lodging, and holy rest and peace at the last.