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WATERVILLE

May 10, 2010

Funeral not set for area soldier

Spc. Wade Slack died in Afghanistan

By Doug Harlow dharlow@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer

WATERVILLE -- Funeral arrangements had not been finalized Sunday for fallen Army Spc. Wade A. Slack of Waterville.

Slack, 21, was killed Thursday in Jaghatu, Afghanistan, by "indirect fire" from a rocket or mortar fired by insurgents, the Department of Defense said in a news release.

Rick Hussey, a bartender at The Last Unicorn in Waterville, where Slack worked on and off as a cook from 2005 to 2007, said Slack's relatives and friends had gathered at the restaurant during the day Sunday. His brothers and sisters also have worked at the restaurant.

Hussey said funeral arrangements had not been made yet.

Slack's remains were flown to the United States on Saturday night, touching down about 7:30 p.m. at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Slack, who specialized in defusing explosives with the Army's 707th Ordinance Battalion.

He attended Waterville Senior High School from 2003 to 2007. He enlisted in the Army on Sept. 1, 2006, and reported to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for basic training on July 11, 2007.

He was the son of Alan and Rose Slack of Waterville and Mary Slack of Waterville. Alan Slack is a veterinarian at the New England Animal Hospital in Waterville.

Doug Harlow -- 474-9534

dharlow@centralmaine.com

 

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