2nd Lt Scott Blanchard Lundell
Born: October 17, 1971 in Granger, Utah
Died: November 25, 2006 in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
2nd Lt. Scott B. Lundell of Hurricane, Utah was born the seventh of eight children. He attended Granger High School where he lettered in football and was president of the student body. After his graduation in 1990, he served an honorable LDS mission in the Phillipines. He came home and married his high school sweetheart, Jeanine in the Salt Lake Temple on March 19, 1993. He also earned his bachelors degree in economics from the University of Utah. The son of Norman E. Lundell and Margaret B. Lundell joined the Utah National Guard, 19th Special Forces in June of 2004 and became an Officer in March of 2005. He deployed to Afghanistan to help train and support the Afghan National Army. Scott was a devoted husband and father to his four children and was a genuine patriot. He died at age 35 of injuries sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades while on patrol during combat operations in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. He was preceded in death by his father, Norman Lundell. He leaves his wife, Jeanine and their children, Adam, Alli, Logan, and Libby, and his mother Margaret Hill among others.
Army
National Guard
I Corps Artillery
Utah National Guard
Camp Williams, Utah
Burial is at Benjamin Cemetery in Benjamin, Utah
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