Funeral planned for Friday for fallen Claremore soldier
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Posted: 09/25/2012
CLAREMORE, Okla. - Family and friends will gather Friday to remember a fallen Green Country soldier.
Nineteen-year-old Jon Townsend, of Claremore, died Sept. 16 during a mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Seven other soldiers were killed in the same attack.
Townsend, who married his high school sweetheart just seven months ago, was scheduled to return home in a month and a half.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Claremore.
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