NOTE: On April 13, 2008, at a private ceremony at Jeffery Wershow's grave in Alachua, the young Florida National Guard soldier was posthumously promoted to Sgt. Jeffrey Wershow, fulfilling a dream of the 22-year-old specialist.∼Since he was a boy, Spc. Jeffrey M. Wershow displayed great passion for the military. Friends said he often eschewed school work in favor of military history books, and become a self-taught military historian. After his high school graduation, Wershow joined the Army and served for three years before going to community college and serving with the Florida National Guard. He stood out in a crowd because of the strong beliefs he not only expressed, but also exercised, family friend John Roscow said. He was called back to active duty just after Christmas 2002 and was deployed to the Mideast in late January. On July 6, 2003,Wershow, age 22, of Gainesville, Fla., was killed by enemy fire in Baghdad. I've known (Wershow) since he was a baby and he's always wanted to be a soldier, said Alachua County Commissioner Cynthia Chesnut, a friend of Wershow''s family. We were all looking for him to be in the state Legislature one day, Chestnut said.
NOTE: On April 13, 2008, at a private ceremony at Jeffery Wershow's grave in Alachua, the young Florida National Guard soldier was posthumously promoted to Sgt. Jeffrey Wershow, fulfilling a dream of the 22-year-old specialist.∼Since he was a boy, Spc. Jeffrey M. Wershow displayed great passion for the military. Friends said he often eschewed school work in favor of military history books, and become a self-taught military historian. After his high school graduation, Wershow joined the Army and served for three years before going to community college and serving with the Florida National Guard. He stood out in a crowd because of the strong beliefs he not only expressed, but also exercised, family friend John Roscow said. He was called back to active duty just after Christmas 2002 and was deployed to the Mideast in late January. On July 6, 2003,Wershow, age 22, of Gainesville, Fla., was killed by enemy fire in Baghdad. I've known (Wershow) since he was a baby and he's always wanted to be a soldier, said Alachua County Commissioner Cynthia Chesnut, a friend of Wershow''s family. We were all looking for him to be in the state Legislature one day, Chestnut said.
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U. S. Army Specialist Infantryman, Co. C 2nd Battalion 124th Infantry Reg. Orlando. Operation Iraqi Freedom.