Remembering PFC Nicholas Cournoyer ~ NH Hero
Remembering PFC Nicholas Cournoyer – KIA 5/18/06 when an IED detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Before enlisting, he worked as a mason’s assistant in the Laconia, NH area. He bought a truck that he had fixed up and paid off. He planned to buy a Harley-Davidson after his tour ended.
“He was fun-loving and he had a huge heart that reached out to many people” Natalie, his sister, told the Laconia Citizen. “He was very much proud of being a soldier” His parents described their son as a generous young man who “was always looking out for his buddies in his unit.” Nick was a 2000 graduate of Gilford High School. In the yearbook he listed joining the military as one of his goals. Faculty members remembered him fondly. “He just had a happy presence in school” said school nurse Meg Jenkins. “He was very polite very kind — always had a twinkle in his eye.”
Never forget-
TO REMEMBER IS TO HONOR…..
