A new extended obituary was posted today for First Lt. Joel Christopher Gentz, 2002 Chelsea High School graduate, honors student, athlete, combat rescue officer and husband, killed in action June 9 during a rescue mission in Afghanistan, where he had been deployed since April 24.

Click here for the extended obituary. Services are still pending in Chelsea; we’ll post an update when details are available. If you have a photo of Lt. Gentz that you would like to accompany this obituary, please email it and I’ll make sure it gets posted.

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