Community rallies for wounded area soldier

February 4, 2005
Community rallies for wounded area soldier
Donations pay for family to be at his side
By SHERI MCWHIRTER
Record-Eagle staff writer


JOHANNESBURG - A local soldier wounded in Iraq remains in critical condition at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., while the community rallies around his family.
More than $6,000 was collected by Johannesburg Christian Church since Pfc. Derrick Harden was seriously wounded while fighting in the war in Iraq. Donations climbed after news reports about his injuries and the cost for his family to travel to him in the military hospital.

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