Section of Ohio highway dedicated to slain soldier

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FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) — A section of a western Ohio road hasbeen dedicated to a soldier who pulled
two wounded comrades to safetybefore he was killed in Afghanistan.Media outlets report amemorial service
dedicating part of state Route 235 to Army SpecialistJesse Snow was held Thursday in a park just east of
Interstate 675. Theceremony included the unveiling of a sign honoring Snow.TheFairborn native was 25 when he
was killed as his platoon was attacked byenemy fire on Nov. 14, 2010. Thursday’s ceremony took place on
whatwould have been his 28th birthday.Snow was posthumously awardedthe Silver Star, the nation’s third
highest combat medal, in a 2011ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton.Copyright
2013 The Associated Press.FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) — A section of a western Ohio road hasbeen dedicated to a
soldier who pulled two wounded comrades to safetybefore he was killed in Afghanistan.Media outlets report
amemorial service dedicating part of state Route 235 to Army SpecialistJesse Snow was held Thursday in a
park just east of Interstate 675. Theceremony included the unveiling of a sign honoring Snow.TheFairborn
native was 25 when he was killed as his platoon was attacked byenemy fire on Nov. 14, 2010. Thursday’s
ceremony took place on whatwould have been his 28th birthday.Snow was posthumously awardedthe Silver Star,
the nation’s third highest combat medal, in a 2011ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near
Dayton.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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