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Cheatham, Jonathan
Age: 19
Hometown: Camden
Rank: Private 1st Class
United States Army Reserve - 489th Engineer Battalion
Cause: Died in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 26, 2003, from wounds suffered in combat

Throughout his childhood and into high school, Pvc. John Marshall Cheatham had a love of sports, particularly soccer, and enjoyed playing trumpet in the school marching band. As a teenager, he was forced to take on the unexpected responsibilities as the paternal head of his household when his father was killed in an accident in 2000. Pvc. Cheatham helped comfort his family in their time of mourning and became a fatherly figure for his sister. "He cared for his sister deeply, always taking care of her," said his mother, Dr. Barbara Porchia. These added obligations, she said, prompted her son to join the Army Reserves.
Pvc. Cheatham's love of animals led him to enroll in college with an interest in veterinarian medicine and computers. He had completed just two weeks of classes before he was activated by the military. My deepest condolences and prayers go out to his family and loved ones.

 
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