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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Pictured here are Senior Amn. Bryan Anderson-Wooten, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Beverly Coleman, the mother of Sergeant Keicia Coleman-Hines, Class of 1994, who was killed Jan. 14, 2004, while deployed to Mosul Airfield, Iraq, holding a shadow box presented to her. On the left is Mary Coleman, grandmother of Coleman-Hines, holding a folded flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol Jan. 14, 2013, the ninth anniversary of the sergeant's passing. Next to Beverly Coleman, in the blue hat, is her grandmother, Ida Wheeler. Another sister is at the back, and the group is surrounded by the Girl Scouts of Troop 1756. (Courtesy photo)

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Team Travis member properly honors a fallen sister-in-arms

Published Feb. 15, 2013
By Senior Master Sgt. Ellen Hatfield
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TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- As a 2008 graduate of Florin High School, Sacramento, Calif, Senior Amn. Bryan Anderson-Wooten, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron here, wanted to properly honor a fallen sister-in-arms and fellow FHS graduate, and he found a very special way to do so.

Sergeant Keicia Coleman-Hines, Class of 1994, was killed Jan. 14, 2004, while deployed to Mosul Airfield, Iraq. Anderson-Wooten not only organized a memorial ceremony Feb. 11, at their alma mater, he also got the girls varsity basketball team to dedicate their game that night, to the memory of Coleman-Hines, who was a former member of the basketball team.

In future, Florin H.S. hopes to put a permanent memorial in a case at the school. "I was compelled to do this because of Sgt. Coleman-Hines military service, and her character out of uniform," said Anderson-Wooten. "She was always there for other soldiers in their time of need. In today's society, most people show little concern for one another, but she was different."

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