GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Army Staff Sgt. Johnny Roosevelt Polk has
died from the wounds he suffered while serving in Afghanistan.
The military said Polk, a 39-year-old Gulfport native, died July
31 in a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. A photo of his flag-draped
casket at Dover Air Force Base, Del., was released by The
Associated Press.
An Army representative delivered the news in person to his
former wife, Ethel Polk, and their 17-year-old daughter, Mary
Gardner, in Texas on Friday.
Services will be held at Fort Hood, Texas. Polk will be returned
to Gulfport for burial.
Polk was a football standout at Harrison Central High School and
a volunteer firefighter at the North Gulfport Fire Station.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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