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Fallen soldier returns home from Iraq to Kentucky
Pikeville mourns 24 year old Brent Coleman killed near Balad Iraq when his Humvee slid into a canal. He is remembered as Pikeville’s all time leading rusher and scorer nicknamed Rocket and Hollywood. His Purple Heart and Bronze Star will go to his widow Kirsten Linley. Coleman, a tank driver with the 4th Infantry Division, left for Iraq after marrying in March. His funeral drew hundreds, highlighting the town’s football culture and personal losses of war.
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