E-mail requests prayers for Matt Maupin, a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq.
Matt Maupin, then a 20-year-old Army reservist from Batavia, Ohio, went missing after an attack on a fuel convoy near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq on 9 April 2004. His fate was unknown for several years (he was believed to have been killed by his captors shortly after he disappeared) until his remains were finally discovered and identified in March 2008. (In mid-April 2008, Matt's father said he had been told that some of Matt's captors were in custody and would soon be put on trial).According to friends of the Maupin family, Matt's remains are expected to arrive at Cincinnati's Lunken Airport on 26 April 2008:A friend of the Maupin family said Matt's remains will arrive at Lunken Airport on April 26 and a procession to the Union Township Civic Center will follow. The family said they would like the public to line the route with candles to 'light his way home.' The funeral procession will go from: Beechmont to 32 Right on Glen Este-Withamsville Past Glen Este High School, past the park Right on Clough Pike Right on Ferguson Drive Right on Aicoltz Road to the Union Township Civic Center where the funeral service will be held on SundayThe above-quoted e-mail encourages recipients to take a moment to offer a prayer for Matt and other U.S. troops who are serving their country away from home.
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