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Missing Bremerton soldier's body recovered

Feb-11-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

Here is an article from a local Bremerton paper.

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Chris Barron
Sun Staff

February 11, 2004

The body of a Bremerton soldier missing in Iraq since Jan. 25 was found Tuesday, dashing his family's last hopes that he might be found alive...

"His unit was the one who found him," said Thomas Vigil, who served 23 years in the Navy. "I'm glad his guys were the ones who found him because I know how close those guys are to each other. I knew it was important to them as well as the family that they find him..."

"It hasn't changed my opinion of why we are there," he said. "It's even maybe stronger about why we are there. I'm trying to convince everybody that he was there for the right purpose.

"You take the fight to the enemy. You don't wait until they come here. My son did that. I'm so proud of him..."

Asked what came to mind when he thought of his son, Vigil, holding back tears, said simply, "He was a good soldier, a good father and a good son."

He then paused, and added: "He died doing what he did best, and that's his job. He was a professional."


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