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| Bremen post office to be renamed for fallen soldier from 108th |
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07/08/08
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Sgt. Paul Saylor |
The Bremen post office will be renamed to honor a member of the Calhoun-based 108th Armor who died in Iraq. The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday unanimously passed legislation introduced by Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Marietta, that will honor the late Sgt. Paul Saylor by designating the Bremen post office as the “Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building.” Saylor heroically gave his life for our country on August 15, 2005, while on patrol in Mahmudiyah, Iraq when the vehicle he was traveling in rolled over into a canal. He was 21- years-old. “Our nation will be forever indebted to Sgt. Paul Saylor,” said Gingrey. “I know he is here with us today, and I would like to say: Thank you, Paul. Your spirit lives on and you will never be forgotten.” Saylor graduated from high school in 2002 and attended North Georgia College and State University, where he was a starter on the football team, acted in school plays and was voted best personality in the senior class. He was one of six members of the 108th Armor (now the 108th Recon, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RISTA) Battalion) who were killed while serving in Iraq in 2005-2006. The others were Sgt. Joshua Dingler, Hiram; Sgt. George Draughn Jr., Decatur; SSgt. Robert Hollar Jr. Griffin; Spc. Michael Stokely, Sharpsburg; and Sgt. Thomas Strickland, Douglasville. Gingrey said the legislation had nearly 50 co-sponsors, including every member of the Georgia Congressional Delegation. The legislation now awaits action in the Senate. The 108th RISTA was recently told that it would be deployed to Afghanistan in 2009.
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