A serviceman from Adairsville has been killed in Afghanistan, according to a spokesman from R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home in Adairsville. Unconfirmed reports indicate he died Thursday. The Department of Defense confirmed that a Marine was killed Thursday in Afghanistan, but has not yet released a name. A funeral home official confirmed they had spoken to the family but declined to release the name pending approval from the U.S. military. This is the third local serviceman killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks. 1st. Sgt. John Blair, 38, Calhoun, died in Mado Zayi, Afghanistan on Ju...
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