Fallen soldier's family urges support for those still deployed
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
Published: 9/21/2011
Relatives of a Collinsville soldier whose body was returned Tuesday to Tulsa from Afghanistan, where he was killed, said they want people to continue to support other soldiers still in harm's way.
Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Christopher D. Horton, 26, was killed Sept. 9 by small-arms fire.
His remains were met Tuesday by his wife, Jane Horton, and his parents, Cherie and David Horton, at the Oklahoma Air National Guard Base in Tulsa.
"Today is the day we welcome home a true American hero," Jane Horton said.
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