Quincy, Illinois, native Dan “Waggs” Waggoner will never forget the day in January 1969 when he lay wounded on a battlefield in Vietnam wondering whether he was going to survive.
Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler, 27, died Wednesday in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, from wounds he suffered when an improvised explosive device exploded during combat operations.
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