Soldier From Saginaw Killed In Afghanistan
A soldier from Saginaw who died when insurgents in Afghanistan attacked his vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade is being remembered as a talented artist with a big heart.
Spc. Deangelo B. Snow, 22, died Friday in Kandahar province, according to the Pentagon. Charlene McCall told The Saginaw News that her nephew was in the military to serve his country. "He was very well-known, very polite people person,'' McCall said. "He was loving, funny, loved to dance.''
Before being deployed in June to Afghanistan, McCall said Snow drew an image for his mother, Deloris Snow, of two hands pushed together in prayer. Dangling from the fingers is a dog tag necklace bearing his name. His mother made the image into a tattoo on her leg. McCall said it was one of her nephew's last gifts to her. "He was a loving brother, nephew, cousin, grandson, son, friend,'' McCall said.
Snow's death came nearly a year after his father, Barnell Amos, 35, died after a robbery gone awry in Saginaw. A 9-year-old boy also was killed in the Sept. 21, 2009, robbery. The case remains unsolved.
Snow had seven brothers and seven sisters between the families of his father and mother. He was engaged to be married.
Snow joined the military a year after graduating high school, McCall said. He was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.
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