A 23-year-old soldier killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan earlier this month was buried this afternoon in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Pfc. Jonathon David Hall was not raised in Tennessee, but friends and family say he called the state home.
Mourners gathered at Woodland Park Baptist Church this morning and later at the cemetery in the afternoon to remember the young man and his constant drive to improve himself.
“He was on top of his game,” said Pfc. Ryan Claiborne, his battle buddy and driver of the vehicle the day Pfc. Hall died.
Pfc. Claiborne still wore a neck brace even as he stood next to his friend’s coffin. The blast wounded four troops, but Pfc. Hall was the only soldier killed in the attack.