Posted: January 23, 2007 - 12:00 pm
Name: Johnathan Bryan Chism
Rank: Spc.
Branch: Army
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment
Base: Fort Richardson, Alaska
Job: Artillery specialist
Age: 22
Hometown: Prairieville, La.
Date of death: Jan. 20, 2007
Cause: Wounded and abducted by insurgents while manning a guard truck
at the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center, then executed.
Location: Near Mahawil, Babil Province, Iraq
3 July 30, 2008 - 8:08am | brandischoltz
Never Forgotten
Gator was very close to me and my family. He would watch cartoons with my son and sit at my bar with all of the boys. He may be gone but he will always be a part of our hearts. Thank you Gator, for being my husband’s best friend, I can’t tell you how much his heart breaks every day for you.
flag this »1 January 26, 2007 - 1:26pm | KatelynB
Deepest Sympathy
I met Jonathan once at a girl's house I worked with. Everyone there just called him "Chism" I remembered him because he had such a cute crooked smile and accent! He and all the other soldiers there that night, couldn't wait to go and fight for their country in October. I was scared for them, they were my age. I will keep his family in my prayers. I am proud to have met him, he was a wonderfuld person, and it saddens me that his life was cut so short.
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