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"There was a convoy going from the airport in Basra to the regional embassy office in Basra, and he was in the lead vehicle of the convoy," said Alan Ptak, senior vice-president for government relations for Triple Canopy, the Virginia-based security company that employed McCoy and the three other men killed. "And the vehicle basically was overturned by an explosion caused by a roadside IED, the improvised explosive device."
"It really takes its toll on the community. George Horse is a really well decorated veteran ... and so known in our community. And everybody was aware of his great-grandson going over to Iraq. It was like a bombshell being dropped when we got the word," she said. About a dozen members of McCoy's family from Thunderchild made the four-day trip to Texas to be there for McCoy's funeral."There's reluctancy. There's fear for everybody," Ira Horse said. "My father-in-law, I told him, she's going to be working in the first aid area. And he says no matter where you go in Iraq, it's dangerous. He served through the whole Second World War and then he went to the Korean War. He's a highly decorated veteran, so he's aware of what she may encounter up there."See the full content of this document
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First Nation Soldier Killed in Basra Bomb Blast
Members of Thunderchild First Nation are mourning the loss of Sgt. Robert Christopher (Horse) McCoy, who lost his life on Sept. 7 while working for a private security company in Iraq.
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