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  • CALIFORNIA: 09-249  Wounded warrior injured in Ramadi, Iraq. Was homeless for a period after retuning stateside. Now married with six month old daughter. Financial assistance needed to while he's undergoing treatment and starting college.

  • TEXAS FT BLISS: 09-250  Wounded Warrior Soldier served 3 tours to Iraq: April 2003-April 2004 March 2005-February 2006 October 2006-December 2007. Family facing eviction and relocation needs. Partial rent payment funded.

  • MISSISSIPPI: 09-251 Wounded warrior served with honor. Wife abandoned family leaving two sons aged 14 years and six months old. Loss of second income and his 60% disability has the family at risk pending future VA adjustments.

  • TEXAS: 09-232L Five years of Iraq deployments leaves a Wounded Warrior behind on car payments after suffering identity theft, learning his AT&T cell phone bill was billed at conventional rate totaling $3,000 or more. Cleared through caseworker. Pending service member's update.

  • CALIFORNIA: 09-213 First Gulf War wounded warrior having long term issues with the VA system, benefits and disability pay. The family car needs transmission & fan clutch. PDN is offering some transportation assistance for a long overdue weekend getaway for the family.  Frequent travelers could donate free hotel nights to make the package complete. Get-a-way funded. Need hotel nights!

  • NORTH CAROLINA: 09-254WW. Disabled veteran, one year old daughter and his spouse, need first months rent and security deposit. Wife is a teacher but hiring is frozen due to current economy. Undergoing treatment at Hefner VA Medical Center.

  • OKLAHOMA - Owasso: 09-255VA. Disabled American Veteran , informed by his VA Outpatient physician, that he needed emergency surgery to remove his gall bladder on July 7, 2009 or he could die. His case has been bounced all over the VA system with no results. Today he was provided some pills  and sent home with no further word on the life saving operation he needs. friends and PDN pulling out all the stops on this case.  calling VA OIG, Hotlines, media and posting in blogs to keep the pressure on. Need volunteers to do the same.

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NORTH CAROLINA: 08-225 Soldier at Ft. Bliss, Tx has wife and two kids at home and needs past due rent paid. They reside in Fayetteville. PDN will take care of utilities and we've talked to the landlord. Soldier's status is a bit in limbo as is some of his pay. Assisted with utilities

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OKLAHOMA: 08-224 Travel assist for a wounded warrior to come home. He served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from October 07- April 08 until he was medevaced to Kuwait, Germany, Fort Andrews, and then to Fort Bliss, Texas, to heal while assigned at the Warrior Transition Battalion. Completed

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TENNESSEE: 08-228 A Wounded Warrior had to borrow money to get a flight home to Nashville, TN for a family emergency. A little financial assistance is needed so he can tend to his families welfare, foregoing his own treatment at the Wounded Warrior Unit in Ft. Bliss, Texas. Vietnam Veterans of America took ownership. PDN funded prepaid VISA for expenses.

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COLORADO: 08-231L OIF Active Duty returning veteran needs Family Law & Skip Tracer assistance to locate wife and child who moved out of state and further help with divorce and custody matters. PDN Board member assisting.

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OHIO: 08-226 The Columbus Townhall Chapter and PDN are working to help this Ohio military family meet past due utility and mortgage payments. This Bronze Star 22 years of service veteran US Army soldier was called up from his reserve status for his first deployment to Iraq then deployed again to Ft. Monroe, VA.  Adopt-a-Soldier program steps up to keep water from being shut off. Insurance cancellation avoided thanks to talk radio hosts Quinn & Rose. Local Vets for Freedom resources has covered the mortgage, utilities and groceries. Car payments up next. Awaiting report from Columbus Townhall Chapter.

 
  • COLORADO/CALIFORNIA: 08-248 PRIORITY CASE Band of Brothers Three!

    Sometimes we get a case that just breaks your heart when you hear the sacrifices brave soldiers make to serve us. Three Colorado National Guard brothers were so motivated to deploy to Iraq that they arranged to join a unit in California so they could deploy together.

    Having just arrived here, tragedy struck at home. One of the brothers who was just married three weeks ago learned his wife passed away last Friday. The soldier and one brother were flown home to Colorado to take care of funeral arrangements.  The airline tickets was provided by USAA and petty traveling cash provided by VFW and passing of the hat amongst the unit at Camp Roberts 1/185th California National Guard.

    The family faces an additional $5,000 in funeral expenses they cannot afford to pay. PDN has been authored by the family to facilitate direct payments to the mortuary from donations earmarked for that purpose. PDN matched donation from California State President, Association of the US Army. Generous donations from AUSA Mission Trails Chapter - Camp San Luis Obispo and Rita in Plainview, MN. A special thanks to CJ Grisham's http://www.soldiersperspective.us/.

 


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08-119 Update: Turns out the family car was not safe to drive back to California without repairs costing more than the car is worth. In spite of many bumps along the way, the family is safely home and will be assisted further by the Operation Ready Families Program here in California.



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