Keith Matthew Maupin, 1983 - 2004

Maupin was an US Army PFC captured on 9 April 2004 by enemy forces in Iraq and held prisoner and tortured for as an yet unknown period of time before being brutally murdered by those Arabs. DOD personnel have notified Maupin's family that his remains have been identified. Maupin was listed as POW/MIA until this recent discovery. His confirmed death joins the other over 4000 other American military personnel in Iraq. Maupin grew up and was a resident of Batavia, OH, a small town of less than 200o people about 30 miles east of Cincinnati, where some of his family still reside. His loss is a great tragedy, no greater or less than any of all the others in the Iraq War, but it is particularly noteworthy due to horrible and unimaginable circumstances surrounding it and the long period of time that elapsed. The strongest of condolences goes out to his family and colleagues and community, as it does to all those whose loved ones have paid the ultimate price in this war.

http://www.pownetwork.org/gulfII/maupin.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Maupin

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