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Local: Remains of fallen soldier identified

March 31, 2008 in Local Tags: ,

keith_matthew_maupin.jpgMy sympathies go out to the family, friends and comrades of Staff Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin, the member of Bartonville-based 724th Transportation Company, who as captured following an ambush April 9th, 2004. His captors released a low-quality video of Maupin that depicting his murder, but it was not clear until now that is what happened. Maupin was a private when captured, but he was promoted twice during the period he was listed as missing. Here’s a Wikipedia article on Maupin.


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