Sgt Jesse Allen Blamires
Born: September 13, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Died: May 30, 2007 in Afghanistan
Sgt. Jesse Blamires of West Jordan, Utah grew up in Sandy and was a graduate of Skyline High School. Jesse was one of six children with four brothers and one sister. He was fun loving and very talkative. He and his father would often go into the wilderness to ponder and relax. Jesse joined the Army in March 2003 and completed the CH-47 Helicopter Repair Course in October 2003 at Fort Eustis, Virginia. He completed the Warrior Leaders Course, the Army’s first tier of Noncommissioned Officer professional development, in 2006. He arrived to the 82nd Airborne. Division in April 2006. He deployed previously in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from January 2005 to November 2005 with Company C 159th Avn. Regiment. Serving in the Army, Jesse worked his way up from a mechanic, to a gunner, to his position as a crew chief and eventually wanted to pilot the Chinook in which he was killed. He served with the 82nd Airborne was on board a NATO Chinook helicopter that was shot down. Jesse died at age 25 from injuries sustained when his CH-47D Chinook Helicopter crashed near the Helmand Province, Afghanistan. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Army Achievement Medal, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award, the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the Army Good Conduct Medal with two loops, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Ribbon, the NATO Medal, the Combat Action Badge, and the Aviation Badge. Jesse is buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery but has a memorial marker at Arlington National Cemetery – Sec 60 Site 8769, representing all who died in the helicopter crash. Also killed were, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua R. Rodgers, Staff Sgt. Charlie L. Bagwell, Chief Warrant Officer Christopher M. Allgaier and Sgt. Brandon E. Hadaway
Army
3rd General Support Aviation Battalion
82nd Brigade Combat Team
82nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Burial is at Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah
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