Army Spc. Hebert was assigned to the 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy. Hebert was on nighttime patrol when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Kirkuk. Years ago, Justin played basketball, football and took physical education classes at Post Middle School. He was remembered as having a knack for making people laugh and as a hard-working young man who used to help his uncle haul hay after school. He wanted to go to college, but his family didn't have the money, and he worried his grades would suffer if he tried to work his way through. So five days after graduating from high school, he shipped out with the Army. He never told his parents he was taking the tests to qualify for the Army. He came home when he was ready to join and asked his parents to sign off on it because he was 17 and needed their signatures. The Army presented Hebert’s family with his posthumous Purple Heart and Bronze Star, as well as the American flag that draped his casket. Burial: Little White Church on the Hill Cemetery (formerly known as Zion Lutheran Cemetery).
Army Spc. Hebert was assigned to the 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy. Hebert was on nighttime patrol when his vehicle was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Kirkuk. Years ago, Justin played basketball, football and took physical education classes at Post Middle School. He was remembered as having a knack for making people laugh and as a hard-working young man who used to help his uncle haul hay after school. He wanted to go to college, but his family didn't have the money, and he worried his grades would suffer if he tried to work his way through. So five days after graduating from high school, he shipped out with the Army. He never told his parents he was taking the tests to qualify for the Army. He came home when he was ready to join and asked his parents to sign off on it because he was 17 and needed their signatures. The Army presented Hebert’s family with his posthumous Purple Heart and Bronze Star, as well as the American flag that draped his casket. Burial: Little White Church on the Hill Cemetery (formerly known as Zion Lutheran Cemetery).
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