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INVESTIGATING HIS DEATH.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS PAID THEIR
RESPECTS TO AN ORGAN SOLDIER
TODAY TO SAY GOODBYE TO
SPECIALIST NICK WILL JOKE MILL
WILSON OF MILL CITY.
HE WAS BURIED WITH MILITARY
HONORS AND SOUTHEAST PORTLAND.
>> THE PICKET GUARD ESCORTED
NICK WELSH TO HIS FINAL RESTING
PLACE.
WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
>> AT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WELSH WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN
AFGHANISTAN WHEN A SUICIDE
BOMBER THREW UP AN ABOUT-FACE ON
JULY 23.
THREE MEMBERS ON HIS UNIT DIED
IMMEDIATELY AND HE WAS TAKEN TO
A HOSPITAL IN GERMANY AND THEN
BETHESDA, MARYLAND.
HIS SMALL TOWN SHOWED BIG
SUPPORT IN HIS FRIENDS HELD A
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL FIELD AND PRAY FOR HIS
RECOVERY.
THE WELCH DIED ON AUGUST 6 AT.
>> IT'S HARD TO SEE TRAGEDY HAD
HAPPENED LIKE THIS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S BEEN THERE,
WE'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM.
RETURNING TO THE MIRACLES THAT I
READ NOW THAT HE IS PAST, IS A
HARDSHIP ON THE FAMILY.
NEXT COUSIN SO THE HARDSHIP IS
MADE EASY TO BE REMEMBERING THE
KIND OF PERSON HE WAS.
>> IS GOOD GUY AND ALWAYS HAVE
DRASTIC AND FUNNY.
HE COULD BE FRIENDS WITH
EVERYBODY.
>> NEXT FUNERAL INCLUDED THE
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS TO HIS
FAMILY.
AMONG THEM A PURPLE HEART AND A
BRONZE STAR.
FULL MILITARY HONORS FOR HIS