Leslie and Army Spc. Josh Reeves.
(Courtesy Online Athens)
A soldier who was killed in Iraq the day after his wife gave birth to their son has received a posthumous promotion to corporal.
Corporal Joshua Reeves of Watkinsville was killed September 22 when an improvised bomb exploded near the 26-year-old's Humvee while on patrol in Baghdad.
His wife, Leslie, gave birth on September 21 to their son in Tennessee.
Army officials presented Reeves' parents with their son's Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals yesterday at Evergreen Memorial Park in Athens. Army officials said his promotion was in recognition of his service.
Reeves was assigned to the Second Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, part of the First Infantry Division's Fourth Brigade. The brigade has been in Iraq since February, part of the surge of 30,000 soldiers aimed at ending violence in Baghdad.
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(AP)
