On October 7 a five-mile section of Colorado State Highway 56 between I-25 and US 287 was named the “Staff Sergeant Justin Bauer Memorial Highway”. Sergeant Bauer was killed January 10, 2009 by an improvised explosive device near Baghdad, Iraq. He was a former firefighter with the Berthoud Fire Protection District northwest of Denver (map) and was certified as a wildland firefighter.
His wife, Kari Campbell, is shown in this video.
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