Widow Of Fallen Soldier Receives Three Medals
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The widow of an Arkansas soldier killed in
Iraq received three medals at the funeral of Army National Guard
Sergeant Russell Lee Collier.
The 48-year-old Collier was a medic, and lived in Harrison. He
was killed October third when he ran to aid a soldier who was
wounded and later died. Collier had left his rifle behind in
exchange for his medical bag, but he was hit by small arms fire
just as he got to Potts.
Collier had served 18 years in the Army, Navy and National
Guard.
Collier was remembered at a memorial service yesterday at Eagle
Heights Baptist Church in Harrison
The medals were presented during the ceremony. Collier was
posthumously awarded a Distinguished Service medal and a Purple
Heart and an Arkansas Distinguished Service medal.
Local banks are taking donations for a college scholarship fund
for Collier`s nine-year-old son, Hunter.
