Firefighter killed in Iraq one week after he arrived

Local Firefighter Dies In Iraq

POSTED: 6:28 pm CDT July 9, 2008

SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- The war in Iraq claimed the life of a Springdale man working as a civilian contractor in Iraq.

Justin English, 25, was killed Monday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb.

English left the Springdale Fire Department last month to join Wackenhut Services, a private firm that employs firefighters and paramedics to do the same job overseas.


He arrived in Iraq on June 30 and after being there for only a week, his life was cut short.

Those who worked with him at the fire department came together in grief to remember a man with such a big heart.

“You just couldn’t ask for a better, nicer guy. He was one of my best friends,” said Hayden Dennis, fellow firefighter.
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