Obituaries

Visitation Tuesday for Wheaton Soldier Spc. Samuel Watts

Visitation Tuesday, May 29 for Spc. Samuel Watts of Wheaton.

Visitation for who died Saturday, May 19 of wounds sustained while serving in Afghanistan, will be 3 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 29 at , 304 Main Street, Wheaton.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 30 at .

Watts served as an Infantryman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 4th Brigade Combat Team and the 82nd Airborne Division, according to the release.

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He was a 2010 graduate of Wheaton North High School. He joined the Army July 2010 as an Infantryman and attended training in Fort Benning, GA. He joined the 1-508th PIR in November 2010. This was his first deployment to Afghanistan, according to a release from the 82nd Airborne Division.

He will also be included as one of the fallen heroes honored at the at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27 at the DuPage County government complex, 421 County Farm Road, Wheaton.

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