Army Pvt. Hartford was assigned to the 699th Maintenance Company, Corps Support Battalion, 916th Support Brigade, Fort Irwin, California. He died at Joint Base Balad of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Hartford was only in Iraq a month when he died. Justin graduated from Horseheads High School in Horseheads, New York and SCT BOCES Diesel Tech program in 2006. He decided that he was looking for a life full of adventure and thought the Army Reserve was the answer. But he decided it was too boring and requested to be transferred to active duty. Justin's road to achievement was a bumpy one – he went through the STARS program twice. STARS is an alternative program for young offenders and helps kids who make bad choices get their life back on track. And he did turn his life around and had ideas and plans for the future. Justin loved having fun and working on trucks. He could also tell a story better than anyone and loved playing jokes on everyone. Justin had a good heart – he was honored with a medal after he found a young man who tried to kill himself with a drug overdose convulsing on a bathroom floor. He gave the man mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until an ambulance and paramedics arrived.
Army Pvt. Hartford was assigned to the 699th Maintenance Company, Corps Support Battalion, 916th Support Brigade, Fort Irwin, California. He died at Joint Base Balad of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Hartford was only in Iraq a month when he died. Justin graduated from Horseheads High School in Horseheads, New York and SCT BOCES Diesel Tech program in 2006. He decided that he was looking for a life full of adventure and thought the Army Reserve was the answer. But he decided it was too boring and requested to be transferred to active duty. Justin's road to achievement was a bumpy one – he went through the STARS program twice. STARS is an alternative program for young offenders and helps kids who make bad choices get their life back on track. And he did turn his life around and had ideas and plans for the future. Justin loved having fun and working on trucks. He could also tell a story better than anyone and loved playing jokes on everyone. Justin had a good heart – he was honored with a medal after he found a young man who tried to kill himself with a drug overdose convulsing on a bathroom floor. He gave the man mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until an ambulance and paramedics arrived.
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