How John died

Killed when a makeshift bomb detonated near his unit during combat operations in Arab Jabour. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
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Savannah Morning News

Press Coverage [source: Faces of the Fallen]

Sergeant's Burial Has Echoes of Other Wars
  (The Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2007)

Glennville honors soldier killed in Iraq
  (Savannah Morning News, Ga., Sept. 22, 2007)