Reply With QuoteTweetI am sorry to hear that bro. He sounds like he was a stand up guy. Have comfort in the fact that he went down fighting for OUR freedom.
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A tribute to my Bro.
TweetJacob Frazier wanted to find "the bad guys."
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he was more committed than ever to the military and that goal. The 24-year-old St. Charles man became the Illinois Air National Guard's first combat casualty in Afghanistan when he was killed Saturday in an ambush.
To Frazier, the military was a calling.
"He would say to us that he felt lucky to live in the United States and he wanted to give something back, and the military was the way to do it," said his father, Jim Frazier. He spoke Sunday in a neighborhood dotted with yellow ribbons and American flags.
"He also felt very strongly about 3,000 people murdered in New York City, and he wanted to find the bad guys."
Frazier joined the Air National Guard in 1998, his father said. He was a member of the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron under the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria.
As a tactical air control specialist, he worked with U.S. Army Special Forces, calling in air strikes. He had been in Afghanistan since January, his father said.
Frazier was on a four-vehicle reconnaissance mission when the patrol was ambushed near Geresk in the Helmand province of south central Afghanistan, said Maj. Tim Franklin, an Illinois National Guard spokesman.
CNN reported the convoy came under fire in a pro-Taliban area, with attackers using small arms, machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades. Another American soldier died and one was wounded, and three Afghan soldiers were injured, AP said.
Jake was a good friend of mine and will be missed forever.
Fuck the Taliban
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TweetI am sorry to hear that bro. He sounds like he was a stand up guy. Have comfort in the fact that he went down fighting for OUR freedom.
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TweetSorry man. He sounded like a good man.
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Tweetwhy is it always the good ones?
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Tweetsorry to hear that man.
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TweetSucks. Sorry bro.
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TweetCondolences and thank you for his sacrifice that I may live the way I do in this country.
So be sure that you are makin the best of what that you have
the truth is all within yourself
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TweetSorry to hear that - he was from St Charles? I grew up just west of Elgin - very close to St Charles. Condolences to you and his family for his ultimate sacrifice.
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Tweetsorry for your lose bro good friends are hard to replace
Life is like a game, you either win or lose. AND I ALWAYS WIN
TweetSorry to here it man
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TweetSorry to hear that bro..
He died a true hero!
RIP BigJim33 & GearedUp: You are sorely missed my friends.
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TweetSorry to hear that
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you've forgotten the words."
Tweetsorry to hear man
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TweetHe and I both played football together at Burlington Central High School. He was a very good person and very brave for being there. Thanks Guys His cause will be helping a lot of other people out.
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