James his aunt, Audrey "AJ" (Rich) Morris of Waynesville grandparents and extended family. James his sister, Lena (Monty) Turner of St. Smith is survived by his wife, Caroline, and their three children his mother, Brenda, and father, Rad, both of St. James High School, "and our hearts are heavy."Īmong the comments on Ben Smith's post were numerous people remembering Rusten Smith as "a wonderful young man" and "the perfect example (of) a good human." "We lost a wonderful role model today," wrote Ben Smith, industrial arts teacher and head basketball coach at St. He played basketball during the 2007-2008 season, and his coach posted a team photo on Facebook Thursday. The family, Morris wrote, is "crushed" by the sudden death, but "we couldn’t be more proud of the husband, father, and warrior (Smith) was and the choices he made in life." "He wanted to serve his country and he wanted to fly the skies….and he did." Mihrimah Sultan era muy querida por su padre, quien valoraba sus opiniones. He joined the Army with two goals," Morris wrote. "He could have lived a perfectly happy and content life at home, safe on a farm, in rural Missouri. In a Facebook post, Smith's aunt AJ Morris called him "a true Missouri boy who loved to hunt, fish, walk the woods, and run the rivers." More: Two southern Missouri natives killed in Black Hawk helicopter crash Another soldier from Missouri, Zachary Esparza, was also killed in the crash. Army in 2012, where he was an instructor pilot for the 101st Airborne Division and served in Afghanistan and Germany. Smith, 32, was among nine soldiers who died in a nighttime training accident on Wednesday.
James, the town northeast of Rolla where Smith attended high school and where his parents and sister live. While his service took him across the globe, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith made an indelible mark on St.
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