SSGT. Keith "Matt" Maupin .Fallen Hero Coming Home

Rightwing & Right-Minded   says:

In April of last year, Wednesday Hero profiled SSgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin who had went missing in Iraq in April of 2004. Sad news. SSg. Maupin's remains have been found.

DoD Announces Change in Status of Army Soldier

The Department of Defense today announced the change in status of a soldier supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom from missing-captured to deceased.   The armed forces medical examiner confirmed on March 29, human remains recovered in Iraq were those of Staff Sgt. Keith M. Maupin, 24, of Batavia, Ohio.  Maupin had been listed as missing-captured since April 16, 2004.  His convoy came under attack by individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on April 9, 2004.  He was assigned to the 724th Transportation Company, Bartonville, Ill. 

I have had SSGT. Maupin's picture on the sidebar of this blog for quite awhile, and the link to the   Yellow Ribbon Support Center  that his parents have set up.

It is sadly now time to take Matt Maupin's picture down, but I will keep the link up.

Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers, as their hero finally comes home to be laid to rest.

The Patriot Guard Riders are standing by, to honor SSGT. Maupin

SSG Keith Matthew Maupin, 24, Batavia, OH

Godspeed, Matt.

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And, as Matt Maupin comes home to be laid to rest, please remember that there are still 3 soldiers that continue to be listed as missing:

Three U.S. troops remain missing in the five-year-old Iraq war:

Pvt. Byron W. Fouty and

Spc. Alex R. Jimenez

have been missing since their military convoy was raided west of Mahmoudiya May 12.

Spc. Ahmed K. Altaie

disappeared October 23, 2006, and hisstatus was changed to "missing-captured" nearly two months later.

 

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A Father's Love

A picture of Tony sewing a neck cooler  http://www.watersorb.com/polymer_cool_neck_bands.htm

one of many he'll be sewing for Dustin's platoon, on our new sewing machine that we got precisely so Tony could do this.

It's already getting up over 100 degrees in Iraq on some days, and it's not unusual for temps to be 120 to 130 degrees in the summer.

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Update: Tues night.

The 26 cooling neck-ties are done :)

Now, we just need to box them up, and send them off :)

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Bad Voodoo's War on PBS Frontline April 1

(A picture of my Bad Voodoo platoon T-shirt.....you Don't want to see the whole shot,with Me in it,LOL...trust me :)

 

I've frequently spoken about JP Borda, of  Milblogging.com ,  and wanted to mention once again that his currently deployed platoon,  The Bad Voodoo Platoon , will be featured on a PBS Frontline Special, airing April 1.

Bad Voodoo’s War on PBS FRONTLINE, April 1st

JP blogged some more about the upcoming special this morning

Making of FRONTLINE Bad Voodoo's War

and here's the link to the PBS webpage for  Bad Voodoo's War

and then JP blogged his thoughts about the making of the film,here

My thoughts on the upcoming release of Bad Voodoo's War  by JP Borda.

 

Please pass the word about this PBS Frontline Special!

 

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Soldiers Angels Web Surfing

My weekly 'surf' of the web for news by, and about,  Soldiers Angels

(normally posted on Fridays...after being late posting this for two weeks in a row for various reasons? I'm determined to be Early with it at the end of  This week!)

Homefront Six has the latest post on how the Vote for Patti is going:

Patti Bader is awesome AND in first place!

 

Soldiers Angels Texas posted about another Fallen Texas Hero

Dustin Cody Jackson - Fallen Texas Hero

and also posted a plea:

Soldiers' Angels Needs Your Help - Our Founders Request

 

Shelle Michaels at Soldiers Angels Network has So many posts, with so much information, that I'm just going to say 'Go there' and please check it all out!

Soldiers Angels Network

but I did want to particularly highlight This post over there

Lanstuhl receives 50,000th patient since 2003-

because it goes along with this post,from Soldiers Angels Germany

Ramstein CASF receives 50,000th patient since 2003

 

The most excellent Mrs. Greyhawk,of the  Mudville Gazette  and

that blog's " Dawn Patrol ' (which is a daily must-read ,IMHO)

finally posted her round-up from the Soldiers Angels Executive Conference

Mrs. Greyhawk links or posts several more of the interviews that  Talking with Heroes  Bob Calvert did with folks at the conference (which saves Me from linking them,lol, Thanks! Mrs. G :) 

and two that she didn't link (because there were a Lot of interviews!!) are posted at NewsBlaze

Dee Jurge, Blankets of Hope Director, Wears Many Hats - and Wings

U.S. Wounded Support Services Director is An Angel to Soldiers

(and hey, I have Met Lynette,  last year at the Face of America bike ride

which reminds me to tell y'all that the bike ride is coming up again! and they need volunteers again!

This year, they are Starting in MD and riding to Gettysburg. You can read more about the bike ride here 

World T.E.A.M. Sports 2008 Face of America Bike Ride

Please consider volunteering! My daughter and I have volunteered again, and will be there along with  Soldiers Angels! :)

 

Lastly, the Jawa Report is one of the many blogs that posted that

April is the Month of the Military Child

That's the Soldiers Angels Web Surf for this past week!

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Wednesday Heroes

This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Kathi

 

Soldiers' Angels Living Legends Team

 May No Soldier Go Unloved  

 

   Living Legends began in May 2005 with a very small team of seven dedicated angels. The team's mission was to let the families and friends of fallen heroes know that we were here to support them and to honor their loved one. At the same time, they had to make sure that they were sensitive to what the family was going through.  

While this team has grown tremendously, they have worked very hard to maintain that same level of dedication and sensitivity. This team is staffed with trained volunteers who carry out a very difficult mission for Soldiers' Angels. Due to their dedication, Soldiers' Angels is able to honor those heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation and to pay their respects and offer their deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones grieving the painful loss of their son or daughter; husband or wife; brother or sister; mom or dad; aunt or uncle; their friend.

  For more information on the Soldiers' Angels Living Legends Team, you can visit their site.      

Sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices everything in their life to help others. And sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices nothing more than their time.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

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Soldiers Angels Web Surfing

My "usually posted on Fridays" feature....(late again, sorry!)....of news by, and about  Soldiers Angels  out in the blogosphere.

(My husband and I went on  a short trip  this past weekend to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame  ....which, sadly, was kind of disappointing, not at all what we had hoped/expected....and also to the Pro Football Hall of Fame ,which we enjoyed visiting a lot more :) and I ran out of time before I left, to get the 'SA web surf' posted!

btw, I just realized I've been posting these for almost a year now...it'll be a year in May, I found my very first Soldiers Angels Web Surf post back here  on May 18,2007.)

On to the 'surf' :)

First of all, I hope you're still Voting for Patti  in the teleflora America's Favorite Mom contest, for Most Inspirational Mom....she's in First Place right now,Hurray! (and Keep Voting,to keep her there, once a day until March 31 :)

Congratulations! are in order for Angel Roger, of  Soldiers Angels-Medical Support , who recently won a "Hometown Hero" award, you can read about it here  and if you scroll down the article it says:

"Vietnam veteran Roger Godskesen of Geneva won the military award for heading a team through the organization Soldiers' Angels, which gets supplies to soldiers overseas."

(and that's why Roger's blog Soldiers Angels-Medical Support is the "SA Featured Blog of the Week" this week :)

Veterans

Several postings about Veterans, and what you can do through Soldiers Angels to help:

Soldiers Angels New York: Help Our Homeless Veterans

 From Knee Deep in the Hooah!  A new decoration? No, much more than that

View From the 8th Floor:  Support for Veterans..Past and Present

and here's the new website for  Soldiers' Angels Veteran Support

 

Another New Website

Speaking of new websites? here's the new website for  Soldiers Angels of Alabama

 

Easter

A German-American Friendship Bracelet posts Soldiers` Angels visit wounded heroes at Landstuhl Fisher House

and Aunty Brat at Tanker Brothers tells about  Random Acts...an Easter story!

 

Interviews

News Blaze and Talking with Heroes has several more interviews from the Soldiers Angels Executive Conference

Brigadier General (Retired) James Combs Lauds Soldiers' Angels

Angel Quilter Takes Care of All Veterans

Medical Support Director Continues His Service With Soldiers' Angels

Patriot Guard Rider, "ByPass" Bob Wells Speaks at Soldiers' Angels Conference

"Soldiers' Angels opened doors for me" : Blake Powers, Laughing Wolf

Debby Frerichs - Soldiers Angels VP of Donations Did Something About It

 

Soldiers Angels Network

Soldiers Angels Network tells us about  Wounded Hero Recognized (and that's my fellow Soldiers Angels Living Legends team member in that picture! Terri Rager,who also works with Silver Star Families of America )

Shelle also reminds us that Soldiers' Angels Soars into the 5th Year of Service Member Support

and gives us  Soldiers' Angels Information that you can share

 

Soldiers Angels Louisiana had a number of great stories!

Girl Scout Girl fest and Soldiers’ Angels

Ben Franklin Elementary makes cards for troops

55 packages sent so far

and also says  Godspeed Louisiana National Guard’s 2228th Military Police Co.

 

Soldiers Angels Texas posted about  Texas Fallen Heroes

and there have been a number of Fallen Heroes the past few weeks, Life in the Northeast posted her "Remember..." posts both  last Sunday  and  just yesterday

Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the fallen.

 

Coming back from our trip, driving through a back road in West Virginia, we came across This, on a hillside:

The number,sadly, is already out of date, with several more soldiers killed over the weekend. And the smaller sign says "Our Honored Dead".  But, I wanted to share this picture.....someone went to a greatdeal of time to plant these crosses, and maintain this, never knowing who would see it as they passed by.  I don't know, nor really care, whether this person is 'pro' or 'anti' war?   I was just moved to see that someone took the time to honor, and remember ,our Fallen.

This concludes my Soldiers Angels Web Surf for the week ending March 23.

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Happy Easter

Going to be traveling this weekend, so just wanted to say:

 

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