North Dakota veteran’s final wish fulfilled with parachute jump over Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A North Dakota paratrooper veteran who died in November received one closing leap from an plane this week.

Vincent Compeau, a North Dakota native, served with the U.S. Military’s 82nd Airborne 505 Infantry Firm as a paratrooper and infantryman at Fort Bragg from 1980 to 1986.

After his service, he returned to North Dakota the place he lived along with his household in Grand Forks, New City and Makoti.

After Compeau’s demise in November, his household requested U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., to assist fulfill his closing want to take one final leap over Fort Bragg.

Hoeven labored with the Military, together with 82nd Airborne Division Commander Maj. Gen. Christopher LaNeve, to make the request occur on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

That is when Lt. Col. Eric Spicer, an Military chaplain, made a parachute leap with Compeau’s ashes over Fort Bragg. The ashes have been unfold within the drop zone after the leap.

“We’re grateful each day for the exhausting work and sacrifice of our state’s veterans, like Vincent Compeau, to defend our nation,” Hoeven mentioned in a press release.

“This leap was not solely Vincent’s closing want,” the senator added, “however serves as a cherished second for his family members that honors his life and reminiscence.”

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