Cobb soldier killed in Afghanistan

By Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An Army soldier from Cobb County died over the holiday weekend after being wounded in Afghanistan.

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Facebook, Facebook Jacob Dennis and his wife Allysha. Dennis died July 4 of wounds suffered in Afghanistan.

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Army Pvt. Jacob Dennis, 22, died Sunday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where he had been airlifted after being wounded late last week.

Dennis was a graduate of North Cobb Christian School in Kennesaw, where he played soccer. His mother, Renee Dennis, is on the school’s faculty.

Jacob Dennis was also a former member of Boy Scout Troop 204 at Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta.

The Department of Defense has not released information about the soldier’s death.

Dennis’ family told Fox 5 that while the Army has given them details on his death, they want to focus on how he lived.

“He was in the middle of everything. That’s the best way to describe him,” brother Sam Dennis told the television station, adding that when his brother joined the Army in 2006, he wanted to be on the front lines.

Jacob Dennis was stationed at Fort Lewis in Washington, where he met his future wife, Allysha Clark. The couple had been married just over a year.