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Beach City mulls flagpole memorial for fallen soldier
Persiani outlined a $1,000 budget to repair a 25 foot flagpole at the Beach City community center and place a plaque at its base in honor of PFC Wesley Riggs. Riggs, a 2003 Barbers Hill High School graduate, died in Iraq after a roadside bombing near Tikrit. He received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart before burial with full military honors at Houston National Cemetery.
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Persiani
Beach City
Riggs
Daniel
Daniel Riggs
Barbers Hill High School
U.S. Army
7Th Infantry Regiment
3Rd Infantry Division
Ft. Stewart
Tikrit
Iraq
Baytown
VA Houston National Cemetery
Dene Leonard
Wesley
Pfc
Wesley Riggs
Leonard