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Whitworth grad killed in Afghanistan
11:35 PM PDT on Monday, June 19, 2006
SPOKANE -- A 2004 graduate of Whitworth College has been killed while on
patrol in Afghanistan. 1st Lt. Forrest Ewens and another soldier died
Friday when an improvised explosive device blew up nearby.
Whitworth College 25-year-old Forrest Ewens was killed while on patrol Friday in Afghanistan.
Forrest and his twin brother grew up in Addy, WA near Chewelah. Ewens graduated in 2004 with a history degree and participated in the joint Gonzaga/Whitworth ROTC program. He was captain of the Whitworth track team in 2004.
There will be a memorial service tomorrow at 11am outside Cowles Auditorium on the Whitworth campus. Another memorial is planned for Thursday in Gig Harbor, where Ewens' family now lives.
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