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OBITUARY FROM THE LEGACY.COM WEBSITE, JANUARY 28, 2005:
Army Spc. Greg Sanders, the son of a Navy sailor, was enamored with military life since he was very young. Sanders began wearing combat fatigues at age 2, his uncle Rick Knight said. In his junior year at Hobart High School, where he ran in track and cross country, Sanders committed to join the Army immediately after graduation. "He wanted to be a soldier. He was born to be soldier," said his mother, Leslie Sanders. Sanders, 19, of Hobart, Ind., was killed in sniper fire March 24. Sanders was married, with a 14-month-old daughter.
This information was obtained from: http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=149065302.
ARTICLE FROM KPCNEWS.COM (MERRILLVILLE) WEBSITE:
Funeral services were scheduled today for a 19-year-old tank gunner from northwest Indiana who realized his childhood dream of becoming a soldier, only to be killed by sniper fire in Iraq.
Public services for Army Cpl. Greg Sanders were to be held at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Hobart, a city of 25,000 about five miles south of Gary. Burial was to follow at Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville in a plot next to that of his father, Navy veteran Rich Sanders.
Sanders, a 2001 graduate of Hobart High School, was an ammunition loader with a tank platoon assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Ga. He was killed by sniper fire in Iraq on March 24, becoming one of the first U.S. casualties and the second Indiana native killed in the war in Iraq.
Sanders is survived by his wife, Ruthann, and their 14-month-old daughter, Gwen-dolyn.
Sanders was enamored with military life, and at age 2 began wearing combat fatigues, family members have said. As a small boy, he played in the back yard of his Hobart home with plastic soldiers.
In his junior year of high school, he committed to enlist immediately after graduation, with plans to become a career soldier.
In high school, Sanders was a distance runner on the track and cross-country teams.
In a letter written to his family before he died, Sanders expressed support for the U.S. military's mission in Iraq and said morale was high.
Hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil in Hobart on Wednesday to honor Sanders. The service was held at the city's doughboy sculpture, erected in 1925 to honor veterans of all wars.
Also Wednesday, Sanders was honored in the U.S. Congressional Record; the Lake County Council declared it Greg Sanders Day; and the Indiana Statehouse passed a resolution in Sanders' honor.
Another funeral for an Indiana casualty of the war in Iraq is scheduled Tuesday in Warsaw, about 80 miles east of Hobart. Services for Marine Lance Cpl. David Fribley will be held in the gymnasium of Warsaw Community High School, from which he graduated in 1996.
Fribley, 26, was one of nine Marines killed March 23 during an attack by Iraqi troops who U.S. officials say had pretended to surrender before opening fire.
Fribley graduated from Indiana State University in 2001 and had lived in Fort Myers, Fla., before joining the Marines last year.
This article was obtained from: https://www.kpcnews.com/article_30e708bb-008a-5e37-91be-e9808a186bb8.html.