Poetic Obituaries: [Andrew L. Hutchins] enjoyed bird hunting,

fly-fishing, basketball, baseball and weightlifting. He won awards for his art. He was "loved by his bosses," and in Afghanistan he volunteered for duties no one else wanted, Vigue said.

He was also a poet. In eighth grade, when he was 14, he wrote a poem about his cousin who enlisted and was sent to Iraq. He was injured, sent home and returned to combat. Unlike Hutchins, he survived the war.

from The Portland Press Herald: Potential unfilled, a hero is laid to rest

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