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Posted on 06/28/2004 9:05:26 AM PDT by muggs
Thanks.
Poor kid.
And it took two nuclear attacks to finally convince them to stop.
That says it all. God bless him.
See... now there is a proven strategy. Tested, documented, results know strategy. :)
Thanks.
I believe he was based out of Bartonville, IL.
Any chance on moving this to breaking?
MAUPIN, Keith "Matt"
Name: Keith "Matt" Maupin
Branch/Rank: U.S. Army Reserves / Pfc Spec
Unit: Army Reserves 724th Transportation Company, Bartonville, Ill
Date of Birth/Age: 20
Home City of Record: Batavia, OH
Date of Loss: April 9, 2004
Country of Loss: Iraq
Original Status: Duty Status Where-A-Bouts Unknown
April 19, 2004 - ARMY Changes Status to CAPTURED
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel in Incident: Six other Kellogg, Brown & Root employees; Thomas Hamill; Sgt. Elmer C. Krause
Prayers for him and his family.
Not sure where he was based out of, but he was from Clermont County, Ohio. Same place I live.
I hope and pray the story isn't true but it probably is.
My thought exactly !!
From WCPO-TV/DT Cincinnati:
The Tri-state is on edge about the status of a captured local soldier, after news came early Monday morning that he may be dead.
9News heard nothing about the status of Pfc. Matt Maupin, 20, since this videotape a released a week after maupin was taken hostage.
Then, just after 5 a.m. Monday, 9News received a phone call from ABC News saying Maupin had been executed. At this hour, the military-family spokesperson said he has no official confirmation on Maupin's status.
ABC News employees told 9News there is a videotape of Maupin being shot in the back of the head, but 9News has not seen that videotape.
Maupin was taken hostage in Iraq 80 days ago.
Two Army officers are posted at the home of Keith and Carolyn Maupin Monday, shielding the family from the media and answering all phone calls. Two Union Township police officers are outside the home, keeping unwanted visitors away.
The Maupin's driveway on Schoolhouse Road remains full of cars presumably owned by friends and family members who have stopped by to lend support.
Monday's word of Maupin's status coincides with the US handover of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government, which took place two days earlier than expected.
Maupin, a member of the 724th Transportation Company and a Glen Este High School graduate, was captured April 9 after his convoy was attacked. A videotape of Maupin's capture was released in mid-April.
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"According to military representatives close to the Maupin family who spoke to WLWT, sources are reporting that the Al Jazeera TV network has a videotape of Maupin being shot."
I don't approve of these executions but maybe being shot is more merciful that beheading.
I don't remember hearing about this fellow being captured.
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