POWELL, Wyo.—A new scholarship program will benefit students at Northwest College in Powell in the memory of a soldier who was killed while serving in Afghanistan last year.
Suicide bombers killed 45-year-old Army Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin and two other service members. All three were members of units at Fort Carson, Colo. The attack also killed a foreign service officer.
Griffin graduated from Riverton High School in 1985 and attended Northwest College. He excelled as a wrestler in high school and college.
The Powell Tribune reports ( ) the new scholarships will go to wrestler and veterans studying at the community college starting in 2014.
Griffin was a 24-year Army veteran and father of two. He previously served three tours in Iraq and had been deployed to Kuwait and the Balkans.
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Information from: Powell (Wyo.) Tribune,
