Sgt. Grant Combs
Pictured with Sgt. Grant Combs shortly before his departure
for Iraq are his wife, Emily, daughter Zoe Juda and step son Jake Smitty.
Sgt. Combs, who has been in the U.S. Army for nine years, was injured in a
mine explosion on February 20, while on patrol in Iraq. A graduate of
Hazard High School, Sgt. Combs attended Hazard Community and Technical
College before joining the military. |
Article from the Hazard Herald, Hazard, Kentucky
(article is no longer available at their website):
by LUKE KEITH, JR.
General Manager
Published:
Friday, February 29, 2008 8:17 AM CST
Sgt. Grant Combs, the son of Raymond and Christine Combs of
Lothair, was seriously injured while on patrol in Iraq when the Humvee in which
he was in ran over a pressure mine on February 20. Sgt. Grant suffered crushed
heels and a broken fibula. The driver of the vehicle suffered a broken leg, and
the Lieutenant traveling in the vehicle was killed from the explosion.
Sgt. Combs’ father said the loss of the Lieutenant, whom Sgt. Combs looked over
much like a father would a son, bothered him more than his own physical damage.
Sgt. Combs, a graduate of Hazard High School, where he was named in the Who’s
Who publications two years, is remembered by the High School’s principal, Donald
“Happy” Mobelini as a “good student and real good kid.”
After being transported from Iraq to Germany, Sgt. Combs was awarded the Purple
Heart as well as several recognition coins.
He was flown from Germany to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C. on Sunday,
February 24, where he has been joined by his wife and daughter, Emily and Zoe
Juda Combs, his mother, Christine Combs and his brother, Ray Combs. In a call to
Walter Reed Hospital’s Patient Information desk on Tuesday morning, we were told
that Sgt. Grant was then in surgery.
Sgt. Combs, whose birth date is April 4, 1976, has been in the U.S. Army for
nine years.
Combs recovering from surgery
at Walter Reed
by LUKE KEITH, JR.
General Manager
Published:
Saturday, March 8, 2008 9:11 AM CST
Sgt. Grant Combs of Hazard, who was injured when the vehicle he
was in ran over a mine in Iraq, is recovering from the surgeries he has
undergone on his feet and legs. According to his mother, Mrs. Raymond Combs,
who is back at home for a few days after being with her son during his
surgeries, he is still in a good deal of pain but is so inspired by the good
attention and the visitors he has had since being at Walter Reed. Mrs. Combs
said that the Army’s basketball team was at the Medical Center last week to
visit with the patients.
In talking with Mrs. Combs, she said her son and her whole family were most
grateful for the prayers and concerns from this area.
Sgt. Combs, whose mailing address is Walter Reed Medical Center, Ward 57 Room
32, 6825 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20307, will be at the Medical
Center until the bones in his feet and legs have healed to the extent he will
start physical therapy.
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