Posted by
M*A on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:20:35 AM
Spc. Jonnie L Stiles
38 years old from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
769th Engineer Battalion, Louisiana Army National Guard
November 13, 2008
Louisiana National Guard spokesman Maj. Michael Kazmierzak said
Spc. Jonnie L. Stiles had been serving as a gunner on a Humvee doing
route clearance when and IED detonated near his vehicle in Jalalabad,
Afghanistan. He said the job typically involves checking roads for
bombs and insurgents.
Stiles’ wife, Launa, said that he was nearly killed last month
when a suicide bomber blew up a military vehicle in front of his. She
said he was still able to rescue three other soldiers and returned to
duty before his 30-day recovery period was finished.
“He was strong and really cared for his men,” she said.
Stiles was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and graduated from
Littleton High School in Colorado. He served in the military for 17
years, first joining the Marines and then switching to the Army in
1999. He served three years at Fort Carson, left the Army and then
returned as a member of the Colorado Air National Guard in the Summer
of 2007.
All Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com
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