Island Veterans Attend Service for Fallen Soldier

Paul Wandrie, Louis Bunker, Rod Horn, Donald Andress, and Pete Komblevitz of Mackinac Island's American Legion Post 299 attended a military funeral Thursday, October 4, in Cheboygan for an active duty soldier who was killed September 23 in Afghanistan.

Sergeant First Class Matthew Blaskowski, 27, was from Hebron Township near Levering and was graduated from Cheboygan High School. He was a member of the U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade, stationed in Vicenza, Italy.