Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Ilinois National Guardsman Killed in Afghanistan

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jason Burkholder assigned to Headquarters Headquarters Co., 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry of Marion, Ill., was killed in action Feb. 8 in Afghanistan.

Burkholder is a current resident of Marshall, Ill. He moved from Champaign to Marshall during leave just prior to being deployed to Afghanistan. During that leave he also married Amanda Burkholder, a resident of Marshall.
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