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House OKs naming post office in honor of Harkins

Mar- 1-2008 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT , Tributes

By Harris Blackwood, Gainesville Times

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to name the Cleveland post office in honor of Sgt. Jason Robert Harkins, who was killed in Iraq.

Harkins was a member of the U.S. Army, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division of Fort Lewis, Wash.

While serving his second tour of duty in Iraq, Harkins, 25, was killed on May 6, 2007, by a roadside bomb, along with five other members of his platoon, during combat operations in Baqouba, Iraq.

U.S Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Gainesville, introduced the resolution honoring Harkins.

"I am proud to rise today to pay tribute to Sgt. Harkins and to join my constituents of Cleveland, Georgia in naming the ‘Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building,’" Deal said in remarks on the House floor.

"This honor will serve as a lasting reminder of his courage, valor and ultimate sacrifice, which he paid for our country."

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