Adams-Wells Regional News

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

No. 1 news story of the year

Decatur Daily Democrat:

The stark realities of war hit home in September when Staff Sgt. Phillip Jenkins of Decatur became the first, and to date the only, Adams County serviceman to give his life in the ongoing American conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jenkins' death was voted by employees of the Decatur Daily Democrat to be the number one news story of 2010. Jenkins was laid to rest during private ceremonies in Decatur Cemetery on Sept. 18. That burial came 11 days after he was killed in Iraq in the line of duty.....

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