By Staff
Sgt. Shawn Micheal Dunkin, 25, was killed in action on Feb. 19, 2007, in Iraq.
Dunkin grew up spending time in Niles, where both of his parents, Micheal R. Dunkin and Darlene Kelly, were raised. Both of his parents are graduates of Niles High School.
Funeral services are Friday, March 2, at 10 a.m. in the East Chapel of the Chattanooga Funeral Home, Chattanooga, Tenn. Interment will follow in the National Cemetery and conclude with full military honors.
The family will receive relatives and friends from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions in the memory of Sgt. Shawn Michael Dunkin may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS, 66675-8517 or online at www.woundedwarriorproject.org.
Arrangements were by Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist East Chapel, 404 South Moore Road in Chattanooga, Tenn.