Sgt. Jason Thomas Smith

BORN DECEMBER 22, 1981 IN ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON

DIED NOVEMBER 19, 2010 AFGHANISTAN

JASON IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JANET OF CHICAGO

HIS PARENTS, BUDDY AND LORETTA SMITH OF COLORADO SPRINGS

HIS TWO SISTERS, BRANDI JO OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND BRITTANY OF DENVER

HIS GRANDPARENTS, TOM AND CAROL SMITH OF COLORADO SPRINGS

HIS NIECE KIELEY OF COLORADO SPRINGS

AND MANY AUNTS, UNCLES, AND COUSINS.

JASON WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS GRANDPARENTS WILLIAM

ALLRIDGE AND LORETTA LLOYD.

JASON GRADUATED FROM DOHERTY HIGH SCHOOL IN 2000. HE HAS BEEN IN THE MARINE CORP SINCE JUNE 2000.

HE MARRIED JANET NOVEMBER 22, 2005.

JASON NEVER MET A STRANGER. HE LOVED LIFE, HE LOVED PEOPLE, AND WAS PROUD TO BE A MARINE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MARINES EOD CORP.

HE HAD SERVED TWO DEPLOYMENTS IN IRAQ AND ONE IN AFGHANISTAN .

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SGT SMITH WILL BE HELD AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW MORTUARY ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 AT 10:00 AM

THE FAMILY REQUESTS THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS A DONATION IN SGT. SMITH’S NAME BE MADE TO THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT AT

WWW.WOUNDEDWARRIORPROJECT.ORG.

Arrangements under the direction of Mountain View Mortuary, Colorado Springs, CO.