Adam Ashton of The Olympian reports today :
“A Yelm soldier [Cpl. Sean M. Collins, 25] killed in Afghanistan this month is to be buried Wednesday with military honors at Tahoma National Cemetery…

A Mass is set for 11 a.m. at St. Columban Catholic Church, 506 First St., Yelm. The funeral is to follow about 2:30 p.m. at the cemetery, 18600 S.E. 240th St., Kent.”

Ashton also reports:
“Fallen soldier from Yelm “raised the morale” of his platoon”

Read the full story by Megan McCloskey in Stars and Stripes:
“Company B bids a tearful goodbye to fallen friends”

McCloskey reported this about Yelm’s Collins:
“Collins, 25, raised the morale of 2nd Platoon, Yu said, and Kastl praised him as a soldier who always picked up on the small details that the rest of the platoon missed. Collins could be counted on for a laugh and offered great advice, ‘except when it came to women,’ Sgt. Lance Chaulk said, eliciting the first smiles from 2nd Platoon.”

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