Staff Sgt. Justin M. Estes, 25, of Sims, Ark., died March 5, 2007, in Samarra, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit during combat operations.
Estes was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Estes, a 2000 graduate of Oden High School, was on his second tour in the Middle East and was due to return to the U.S. on March 20, his family said.
Estes joined the Army in January 2001, and served in Korea before joining the 82nd Airborne in November 2005, where he was assigned as a fire team leader. He is survived by his father, Donald Estes; his mother, Diane Salyers; and his sister, Kelli Estes, all of Sims, Ark.
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