Army Spc. E-4 Gregory James Missman, 36, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan when his convoy was ambushed. Missman served with the U. S. Army 4th Infantry Division, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 704th Brigade Support Battalion.
Missman was preceded in death by his grandparents, an uncle and a 3 year old nephew, Austin Christian Missman.
He is survived by his son, Jack, 4; his mother, Donna Missman Turner; his father, James “Jim” Missman; one brother, Michael; one step sister, Dawn Waggoner; one grandmother, Helen Schluter; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; his son’s mother, Brooke Missman Elkin and his father’s fiance, Patricia Adams.
Funeral services were held July 17, at Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church.
Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
Memorials may be made in his memory to Stuart G. Luginbuhl American Legion Post 72, Old State Route 74, Mt. Carmel, Ohio 45244.
E. C. Nurre Funeral Home served the family.