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Soldier Dies From Front-Line Injuries
Jonathan O'Neill Will Receive Bronze Star, Purple Heart
POSTED: 8:50 am CDT June 18,
2009
UPDATED: 8:54 am CDT June 18,
2009
WATERTOWN, Tenn. -- Another soldier from Wilson County has died from injuries received on the front lines in Afghanistan.The Pentagon said specialist Jonathan O'Neill died at a military hospital in Texas.O'Neill was originally from Watertown. He was hurt earlier this month when a bomb hit his Humvee.O'Neill will be honored with a Bronze Star and Purple Heart.He had been serving with the 549th military police out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
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