Updated: 9:59 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 | Posted: 7:47 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016
A military family is struggling to cope with the loss of three family members after a Marine’s wife, her grandmother and her baby daughter were killed in a car accident Wednesday night in Millen, Georgia.
Continue reading "Family members spanning four generations killed in car wreck near Statesboro" »
By Adele Uphaus-Conner | Marine Corps Base Quantico | January 28, 2016
Marine Corps Base Quantico -- “It’s fitting that this mess hall is being named for Staff Sgt. Malachowski because he was hungry,” Lt. Col. Jonathan Sabado, executive officer of Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, said at a dedication of the new building at Weapons Training Battalion aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico Jan. 19. “I don’t mean he was hungry for chow hall food. He was hungry for something deeper that we can all relate to. We all have goals, dreams, and aspirations. Staff Sgt. Malachowski was no different.”
Continue reading "New mess hall at Weapons Training Battalion dedicated to fallen staff sergeant" »
Posted: Jan 21, 2016 5:58 PM CST | Updated: Jan 21, 2016 8:34 PM CST
By Clayton Wakida
MARINE CORPS BASE KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii -
The U.S. Marine Corps has officially declared 12 Marines dead after their two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters were involved in an incident off the coast of Oahu's Waimea Bay along the North Shore on the evening of January 14.
Continue reading "12 missing Marines officially declared dead" »
Associated Press | Jan 21, 2016
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation in honor of another Navajo Code Talker who has died.
Continue reading "Navajo Code Talker Alfred James Peaches Dies at Age 90" »
By Wyatt Olson
Stars and Stripes
Published: January 16, 2016
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The Marine Corps has released the names of the 12 crew members aboard two helicopters that crashed late Thursday off the North Shore of Oahu.
Continue reading "Missing Marines identified in Hawaii helicopter crash; search continues" »
Jan 03, 2016 | by Hope Hodge Seck
One Marine veteran is on a mission to make sure the war stories of his generation are told -- and told right.
Continue reading "Veteran Launches 'The War Horse' to Tell Stories of Iraq, Afghanistan" »
By Dan Lamothe December 23, 2015
As the danger escalated that summer night in 2009, the Marines made a judgment call: They were better off leaving the Afghan village they had raided than launching a massive gun battle against a team of enemy fighters that had stumbled upon them.
Continue reading "The Marines just lost a ‘Viking warrior.’ His friends won’t forget him." »
by LT Amy Forsythe
Date Posted:12.22.2015 05:31
RAMADI, Iraq - Almost a decade has past since the death of U.S. Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung but her legacy continues to grow with every year since her passing in 2006.
By Brian Burnes The Kansas City Star Published: December 19, 2015
Kansas City has lost a patriot.
Continue reading "Son of the American Revolution dies while laying wreaths on veterans' graves" »
By Joe Gromelski
Stars and Stripes
Published: December 17, 2015
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Iraq, November, 2003: Fifteen sets of helmets, rifles, dog tags and boots are placed at the Rifle Base stadium on al-Asad Air Base, Iraq, during a memorial service for the soldiers who were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down near Fallujah on Nov. 2.
Continue reading "Archive Photo: Memorial service in Iraq, 2003" »
By David Larter, Staff writer 4:30 p.m. EST December 16, 2015
The Department of the Navy will posthumously award Purple Heart medals to four Marines and a sailor killed by a lone terrorist at the Navy Operational Support Center Chattanooga in July, according to a statement from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.
Continue reading "Chattanooga shooting victims will receive Purple Heart" »
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Published: December 7, 2015
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The remains of a Marine who went missing 72 years ago in World War II’s Battle of Tarawa will be buried will full military honors Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Continue reading "Remains of Marine killed at Battle of Tarawa to be buried at Arlington" »
By James Clark on December 2, 2015
Veterans from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines share their incredible stories from the Second Battle of Fallujah.
This time of year marks the anniversary of one of the most storied battles in recent Marine Corps history: the Second Battle of Fallujah. The city became the scene of brutal urban combat when American, Iraqi, and British forces launched an all out assault on Nov. 8, 2004, to seize it from Iraqi insurgent hands.
Continue reading "8 Unbelievable Stories From The Second Battle Of Fallujah" »
By James Clark on November 25, 2015
For many, Thanksgiving is a time when friends and family gather around a table to drink too heavily, eat too much, and shout loudly over one another — or at least that’s the case in my family. We build new memories and reminisce about the people in life that make us grateful.
Continue reading "Thanksgiving Through The Years And Wars" »
By Erin Tracy
The Modesto Bee
Published: November 20, 2015
MODESTO, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Layne Johnson, a Modesto native, was driving back to Fresno from Twentynine Palms on Wednesday when he apparently fell asleep and drifted off the highway.
Continue reading "CHP officers pay special tribute to Marine killed in crash" »
By Caitlin Vanoverberghe, (Greenfield) Daily Reporter via The Associated Press1:33 p.m. EST November 19, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — They sat in the back of the church. A solider. An airman. A Marine. Eyes facing forward to the casket of a man they never knew.
Continue reading "Military family gathers for unclaimed veteran's funeral" »
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 15, 2015
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The remains of a Marine who went missing 72 years ago in World War II’s Battle of Tarawa will be buried with full military honors Monday in Denver.
Continue reading "Marine killed in WWII's Battle of Tarawa to be buried" »
By Matthew L. Schehl, Staff writer 6:44 p.m. EST November 11, 2015
More than a dozen Marine Raiders are preparing for a 770-mile march to honor the lives of their fallen brothers on the one-year anniversary of a tragic Black Hawk helicopter crash that killed 11 troops off the coast of Florida.
Continue reading "Marines plan 700-mile trek for Raiders killed in Black Hawk crash" »
Story by Sgt Grace L. Waladkewics
Date Posted:11.09.2015 12:21
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C.- Marines and family members gathered at a New River Air Station Chapel with heavy hearts to honor the life and service of fallen Staff Sgt. Denver Sugano during a memorial service at Marine Corps Air Station New River, Nov. 4.
Continue reading "Marines gather to honor fallen brother’s memory" »
By Adele Uphaus-Conner | Marine Corps Base Quantico | November 5, 2015
Marine Corps Base Quantico -- Wally only remembers seeing his father Waldemar in his Marine Corps dress blue uniform once. He was a young boy watching his parents dress for a Halloween party.
Continue reading "Dress blues from the 1920s shed light on the inter-war years aboard Quantico" »
Associated Press | Nov 04, 2015 | by Chris Carola
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Growing up in New York City, twins Michael and James Reilly did everything together. After the U.S. entered World War II, they enlisted in the Marines on the same day. When the leathernecks landed at Tarawa, the brothers were in the same assault wave.
Continue reading "Remains of NY Marine Killed in '43 Pacific Battle Identified" »
DAVID SHARP, ASSOCIATED PRESS
9:54 AM, Nov 2, 2015 | 10:02 AM, Nov 2, 2015
BATH, Maine (AP) -- First in English, then in Spanish, the mother of a fallen Marine who shielded his comrades from an insurgent's grenade christened a new Navy destroyer in his honor.
Continue reading "Rafael Peralta: Warship honoring Marine christened at Maine shipyard" »
OCTOBER 31, 2015
by Angela Miller
Child loss is a loss like no other. One often misunderstood by many. If you love a bereaved parent or know someone who does, remember that even his or her “good” days are harder than you could ever imagine. Compassion and love, not advice, are needed. If you’d like an inside look into why the loss of a child is a grief that lasts forever, here is what I’ve learned in my seven years of trekking through the unimaginable.
Continue reading "7 Things I’ve Learned Since the Loss of My Child" »
U.S. Marine Corps photos Sgt. Gabriela Garcia/Released
Date Posted:10.31.2015 22:10
The Marine Corps Sgt. Rafael Peralta's family members and friends, the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps were in attendance for the christening of the destroyer which was named after Sgt. Peralta who was killed during the second battle of Fallujah in 2004, Oct. 31, 2015.
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. | Oct 30, 2015 | by Travis Highfield
With a steady drizzle falling on Fort Gordon's Barton Field, Sgt. Easton Bertelsen took a fistful of ammunition and began his 3.2-mile jog around a now-muddied track.
Continue reading "Marine Corps 'Tribute to the Fallen' Run Begins at Fort Gordon" »
By Beth Brogan
Bangor Daily News, Maine
Published: October 24, 2015
BATH, Maine (Tribune News Service) — The future USS Rafael Peralta, the 35th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer to be built by Bath Iron Works, will be christened on Oct. 31.
Continue reading "Destroyer USS Rafael Peralta, named for Marine killed in Iraq, to be christened" »
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Date Posted:10.23.2015 3:05PM
The 32nd Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony, a special ceremony to honor the fallen service members and survivors who served in Lebanon from 1958 to 1984 and in Grenada. was held at the Beirut Memorial in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct. 23.
Continue reading "Video: 32nd Beirut Bombing Memorial Observance Ceremony" »
By Jennifer Svan and Adam Mathis
Stars and Stripes
Published: October 23, 2015
Maj. Taj Sareen, the Marine Corps pilot killed Wednesday when his F/A-18C Hornet fighter jet crashed near RAF Lakenheath in England, left behind a young daughter and a close-knit family in Hillsborough, Calif.
Continue reading "Family, friends of F/A-18 pilot killed in UK crash share tributes" »
By: Sam LaGrone
October 22, 2015 8:05 PM
The Marines have identified the pilot who died following a Wednesday fighter crash in England.
Continue reading "Marines Identify Maj. Taj Sareen as Pilot Killed in England Hornet Crash" »
Daily News Staff
Posted Oct 17, 2015 at 1:06 PM
Updated Oct 17, 2015 at 1:09 PM
A Camp Lejeune Marine has died of a non-combat related illness.
Continue reading "26th MEU Marine Dies of Non-Combat Related Illness" »
Story by Sgt Cuong Le
Date Posted:10.09.2015 21:04
SAN FRANCISCO - The 1st Marine Division Band performed for civilians and service members during the “Honor the Fallen” concert Oct. 8, 2015, at the Marines Memorial Club and Hotel as part of San Francisco Fleet Week 2015.
Posted: Oct 3, 2015 6:52 PM by Adam Pressler, KOMU 8 Reporter
Updated: Oct 5, 2015 6:50 PM
COLUMBIA - Saturday marked the final day of the Remember Our Fallen exhibit at the Columbia Mall. The moving exhibit honors soldiers who served during the Iraq War. The Missouri exhibit was unveiled in 2011 and honors 152 service members.
Continue reading "Fallen veterans exhibit leaves Columbia" »
“Remembering Our Fallen” is a war memorial that consists of individual state memorials created to remember our country’s Fallen from The War on Terror since the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001. But unlike most war memorials made of brick and mortar, these are designed to travel so that more people can have the opportunity to remember our Fallen while being reminded of the tremendous cost of our freedom. Its legacy will be that these men and women will be remembered and their names will be spoken.
WBIR Staff, WBIR6:48 p.m. EDT September 26, 2015
(WBIR - KNOXVILLE) The family of 1st Lt. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman, Jr., honored with the Medal of Honor after he was killed during World War II, has scheduled three public events in conjunction with his burial in Knoxville.
Continue reading "With Honor: Events set for Bonnyman memorial, funeral" »
Jim Matheny, WBIR 5:35 p.m. EDT September 25, 2015
(WBIR) East Tennessee has been home to several recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for military valor. However, Lt. Alexander "Sandy" Bonnyman is the only recipient whose heroism and final moments alive can still be seen in stunning video that was recorded during a deadly battle.
Continue reading "Bonnyman's bravery filmed in Oscar-winning documentary" »
By Michele Katz|September 15th, 2015|Military News, Popular, U.S. Marines
It’s probably not something civilians can ever really comprehend — your spouse “returning home” to receive a proper military burial after making the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
'JULIE WATSON, Associated Press
10:46 AM, Sep 12, 2015 | 5:53 PM, Sep 13, 2015
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Six of 18 Marines injured in a rollover accident were listed in critical condition Friday, a day after the multi-ton truck carrying them flipped on a paved two-lane road at Camp Pendleton, killing a 21-year-old corporal from Louisiana, officials said.
Continue reading "Deadly Camp Pendleton crash a 'tremendous blow to our battalion" »
By Dianna Cahn
The Virginian-Pilot
Published: September 5, 2015
NORFOLK (Tribune News Service) — The exercise was complex and dangerous, involving rappelling and fast-ropes techniques on a moving helicopter that can enable a Hampton Roads-based anti-terror unit to get into difficult terrain where aircraft might not be able to land.
Continue reading "Uncle: Fallen Marine was 'one heck of a human being'" »
By Matthew L. Schehl, Staff writer 9:45 a.m. EDT August 30, 2015
The Marine Corps lost one of its last surviving veterans of the Battle of Guadalcanal this month.
Continue reading "Marine who fought in Battle of Guadalcanal dies at 96" »
August 16, 2015 3:22 PM
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials have identified the Marine who died after collapsing during a training hike at Camp Lejeune on the North Carolina coast.
Continue reading "Sacramento Man, 22, Identified As Marine Who Died After Hike At Camp Lejeune" »
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Date Posted:08.15.2015 6:04PM
The Navy and Marine Corps family and the City of Chattanooga honor the fallen service members, express appreciation to the Chattanooga Police Department and emergency responders and thank the community for its support. Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam, Sen. Bob Corker, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and City of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke are expected to attend.
Published: August 14, 2015, 12:36 pm Updated: August 15, 2015, 2:25 pm
BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — A Bristol native who was struck down fighting for our country in Afghanistan will soon be laid to rest.
Continue reading "Fallen hero returns home to Rhode Island" »
Published in The Columbus Dispatch on Aug. 13, 2015
Matthew Christopher "Hollywood" Horn (SGT USMC Ret.), graduated from MCRD Parris Island, SC in 2003, passed suddenly on Thursday July 30, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a decorated combat infantryman with the United States Marine Corps having served his country at Guantanamo Bay (GITMO), and two Tours of Duty in Iraq. He earned a Purple Heart for wounds received in action in January 2007 from enemy fire. He received the Combat Action Ribbon, Naval Commendation Medal with Combat V, Navy Unit Commendation with Bronze Star, Presidential Certificate of Appreciation, and numerous other military awards. Matthew was a warrior who was tender, helpful, gentle, kind and of a compassionate demeanor.
Continue reading "Obituary for Matthew Christopher "Hollywood" Horn" »
By Kelly Humphrey
Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach
Published: August 12, 2015
EGLIN AFB (Tribune News Service) — According to his widow, Niceville resident Sara Clark, Gunnery Sgt. Michael Clark was a low-key, easy going Marine who didn't like a lot of fuss made over him. On Friday, however, Clark's family and friends gathered at the EOD Memorial Wall to remember him in a unique way.
Continue reading "Sculptor unveils likeness of first Marine EOD technician killed in Iraq War" »
By STEVE CHAWKINS contact the reporter Obituaries Obituary Database
August 11, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
One day after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Fritz Payne's Marine unit headed to sea on the aircraft carrier Saratoga.
Continue reading "Brig. Gen. Frederick Payne Jr. dies at 104; Marine fighter ace in WWII" »
Posted: Aug 09, 2015 8:08 PM CDT Updated: Aug 09, 2015 10:33 PM CDT
TULSA, Oklahoma - Oklahoma's Own helped a Marine reach his final resting place.
Continue reading "Oklahoma Patriot Guard Escorts Marine's Ashes On Trip Home To Georgia" »
Posted: Aug 09, 2015 8:08 PM CDT Updated: Aug 09, 2015 10:33 PM CDT
TULSA, Oklahoma - Oklahoma's Own helped a Marine reach his final resting place.
Continue reading "Oklahoma Patriot Guard Escorts Marine's Ashes On Trip Home To Georgia" »
By Holly Zachariah
The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio
Published: August 3, 2015
Note: This article has been corrected.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Tribune News Service) — Sara made the punch, and she lined up the plates of sandwiches and homemade cookies on the antique tables in the dining room of her old, brick farmhouse.
Continue reading "10 years later: From grief to fellowship for Lima Company survivors" »
By Army National Guard Sgt. Ken Scar, Headquarters Marine Corps
30 July 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia -- I noticed her in my peripheral vision as I was lying in the grass trying to get a meaningful photograph of all the “60s” etched into the backs of the gravestones. She wore a wide-brimmed hat and khaki pants that made her look like a gardener, not a Gold star mother tending to her son’s grave. I kind of wanted to register the sight of her sitting on her knees gently fussing with her careful arrangement around his headstone as just that and move on. Section 60 is a holy place, after all, and the thought of approaching a stranger there is daunting. Should you, or shouldn’t you? This was my third time there and I never had - but something about her caught me.
By Cindy Huang
July 27, 2015 4:34 P.M.
Two DINFOS gradates inducted into Hall of Heroes
Two Marines who died during a humanitarian mission in Nepal were inducted into the Defense Information School's Hall of Heroes Monday at Fort George G. Meade.
Continue reading "Two fallen Marines inducted into military school's memorial at Fort Meade" »
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Jul 27, 2015 | by Stephen Montemayor
GRANTSBURG, Wis. -- The line to enter Grantsburg Senior High School to say goodbye to Sgt. Carson Holmquist snaked around a berm in front of the school Saturday for much of the two hours the community was welcome at his visitation.
Continue reading "Community Says Goodbye to Marine Slain in Chattanooga" »
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 15:08 EST, 25 July 2015 | UPDATED: 18:56 EST, 25 July 2015
A small Wisconsin town said goodbye on Saturday to a Marine killed in the recent attack on a Navy-Marine reserve center in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge // RELEASED
Date Posted:07.25.2015 8:12AM
U.S. Marines travel to Tarawa, Kiribati to participate in a repatriation ceremony July 25, 2015. During the ceremony the remains of approximately 36 U.S. Marines who had fallen during World War II at the Battle of Tarawa were loaded onto a Marine Corps C-130J Hercules aircraft for transport back to the U.S.
Continue reading "Tarawa Marines Return Home After 70 Years" »
By RACHEL LOMBARDI
July 24, 2015 10:20 P.M.
SPRINGFIELD — On a sunny, warm Friday afternoon, Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, a fallen hero, came home.
Continue reading "Body Of Slain Marine Comes Home To Springfield" »
July 22nd, 2015
by Shelly Bradburyin Local Regional News Read
The Marines of Mike Battery rolled into Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park early Monday morning in T-shirts and polos, shorts and jeans, unsure of exactly why they'd been called to the park.
Continue reading "Mike Battery is here': After loss, Marines regroup, move forward" »
Mark D. Faram, Staff writer 9:26 a.m. EDT July 19, 2015
The shocking attack on military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee, claimed another life early Saturday morning: a 24-year old petty officer and father who loved baseball and had just re-enlisted on shore duty after three years on a big deck amphib.
Continue reading "Slain petty officer remembered as husband, baseball player" »
By Heath Druzin
Stars and Stripes
Published: July 18, 2015
It’s the knock at the door parents worry about when their children are at war, but one they never expect when they’re not deployed.
Continue reading "Fallen Chattanooga Marines include recent grad, Iraq and Afghanistan vets" »
by Fox News Insider
July 17, 2015 8:19 a.m.
Details are emerging about the Marines who were killed yesterday in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Continue reading "4 Slain Marines in Chattanooga Attack Have Been Identified" »
By Courtesy Story , Headquarters Marine Corps
17 Jul 2015
PENTAGON -- It is with deep regret and heartfelt sorrow that the Marine Corps can officially confirm that the following Marines were killed on July 16, 2015, at the combined Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee:
Continue reading "MARINES IDENTIFIED IN CHATTANOOGA SHOOTING" »
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2015 9:40 pm | Updated: 12:01 am, Wed Jul 1, 2015.
By Margaret Wright
A white marker at the Santa Fe National Cemetery is inscribed with the name of Marine 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman Jr. But the plot beneath it is empty, mirroring the void Bonnyman’s family has lived with since his death more than 70 years ago in World War II.
Continue reading "Long lost, Medal of Honor recipient’s remains found, to be returned" »
By John Vandiver
Stars and Stripes
Published: June 11, 2015
The target was an expert bomb maker, suspected of killing numerous U.S. and NATO troops in western Afghanistan.
by Alyson Shontell
JUN. 3, 2015, 11:28 AM
Sheryl Sandberg lost her husband, Dave Goldberg, 30 days ago in a tragic treadmill accident while on vacation in Mexico.
Susan Sarkauskas
6/3/2015
Marine Cpl. Sara A. Medina of Aurora loved everything about being a Marine.
"She loved the brotherhood, the PT (physical training), the rank structure, the uniform, everything," said her fiance, Marine Sgt. Devon Henderson.
Continue reading "Family, friends remember Aurora woman as 'most passionate Marine" »
By Brittny Mejia
May 24, 2015 9:05 P.M.
Monteen Purdie cut the strings off an apron, then starched and ironed them before delicately placing them inside a card for her son.
Continue reading "A 'family hero' of Vietnam War will be remembered at military cemetery" »
Posted on May 22, 2015
By Katie Lange
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
Destiny Flynn is in Arlington, Virginia, this Memorial Day. It’s a trip she’s made several times with her husband, Marine Corps Special Operations Staff Sgt. Liam Flynn, when he wasn’t deployed or in training.
Continue reading "HonorThem: Marine Widow Talks Fallen Hero’s Life, Legacy" »
By Gina Harkins, Staff writer 1:58 p.m. EDT May 22, 2015
UPDATE: Marine officials released a correction on Lance Cpl. Matthew Determan's hometown on May 22.
Corps officials have identified the second Marine to die as a result of Sunday's MV-22B Osprey crash as Lance Cpl. Matthew J. Determan of Ahwatukee, Arizona.
Continue reading "Second Marine killed in Hawaii Osprey crash identified" »
Staff report 10:06 a.m., May 19, 2015
The Marine killed after an MV-22B Osprey made a hard landing in Hawaii on Sunday was identified as Lance Cpl. Joshua E. Barron, of Spokane, Washington.
Continue reading "Corps identifies Marine killed in Hawaii Osprey crash" »
By Gina Harkins, Staff writer 12:59 p.m. EDT May 17, 2015
The Corps identified the two officers and four enlisted Marines who were killed in last week's helicopter crash in Nepal.
Continue reading "Corps identifies 6 Marines killed in Nepal helicopter crash" »
BY ELISHA FIELDSTADT
First published May 17th 2015, 9:41 am
The six U.S. Marines who died in a helicopter crash while supporting earthquake relief efforts in Nepal were identified Sunday morning.
Continue reading "Six U.S. Marines Killed in Helicopter Crash Over Nepal Identified" »
lDoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2015 – Defense Secretary Ash Carter today expressed his anguish after the U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey helicopter reported missing in Nepal May 12 was found to have crashed in the mountains.
Continue reading "Carter: DoD ‘Heavy With Grief’ After Helo Crash in Nepa" »
By Christina Hall
Detroit Free Press (Tribune News Service)
Published: March 27, 2015
When Marine Staff Sgt. Marcus Bawol came home to Detroit to visit family, he attended mass in his uniform — proud to be serving his country.
Continue reading "A final salute for Michigan Marine killed in chopper crash" »
March 25th, 2015 | By Sgt. Fareeza Ali
Conspicuous gallantry…selfless bravery…undaunted courage…unwavering devotion…above and beyond the call of duty” — These are common phrases found throughout the Medal of Honor citations for Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, Sgt. Dakota Meyer, Cpl. Jason Dunham and other Marine recipients of our nation’s highest military award. These Marines displayed the qualities of the ultimate hero through their actions and sacrifice, but they’re not the only ones who have these traits. There are many others in our nation’s history whose actions were found deserving of this award.
Continue reading "5 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About The Medal Of Honor" »
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Date Posted:03.16.2015 14:04
NEW ORLEANS – Four Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment who died in a training accident, March 10, have been identified.
Continue reading "News: La. National Guardsmen in crash identified, remembered" »
By EMERY P. DALESIO and TAMARA LUSH
March 14, 2015, 9 hours ago
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in dense fog during a training mission in Florida was carrying seven special operations Marines forces based in North Carolina, along with four National Guard soldiers from Louisiana. All were killed.
Continue reading "Names of 7 Marines killed in helicopter crash released" »
Associated Press
Friday, March 13, 2015 2:35pm
Seif, 26, was given the Silver Star in a room full of his fellow Marines. He walked arm-in-arm with his wife after the ceremony. The boy who grew up playing soldier in his Michigan back yard was hailed by one of his superiors, Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, as a selfless person who put himself in the line of fire so that Sgt. Justin Hansen wouldn't be left behind.
Continue reading "Marine killed in crash was awarded Silver Star for heroism four days earlier" »
The Associated Press 3:05 p.m. EDT March 13, 2015
YUMA, Ariz. — Marine Corps officials have released the identity of a Marine who died after a civilian airplane crashed on a runway at a southwest Arizona military base.
Continue reading "Marine killed by plane crash on Arizona runway identified" »
Kevin Robinson, Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal 8:07 p.m. EDT March 12, 2015
NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. — The bodies of all but two servicemen have been recovered after an Army helicopter crash off the Florida Panhandle, military officials said Thursday.
Continue reading "9 bodies ID'd in Army helicopter crash, Guard says" »
By Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Updated 10:31 PM ET, Sun February 22, 2015
(CNN)Seventy years ago, on February 23, two American flags were planted on the peak of Mount Suribachi, located on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Coming five days into one of the most ferocious battles of World War II, the first flag-raising, by a group of United States Marines, was emotional, and a Marine photographer captured it.
Continue reading "Why 70-year-old Iwo Jima photo became iconic" »
By Tony Perry
February 20, 2015 7:50 A.M.
A Marine has died during training at Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps said.
Continue reading "Marine dies during training at Camp Pendleton" »
By Meredith Tibbetts
Stars and Stripes
Published: February 20, 2015
TRIANGLE, Va. — Marine Corps veterans of the Battle of Iwo Jima gathered at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, as part of ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary.
Continue reading "From one Marine to another: Iwo Jima recollections" »
The Associated Press 7:03 p.m. EST February 19, 2015
MAYBEE, Mich. — The family of a southeastern Michigan Marine says the 25-year-old was killed in a training accident at Camp Pendleton in California.
Continue reading "Marine dies in training at Camp Pendleton" »
Story by Sgt Melissa Karnath
Date Posted:02.13.2015 15:25
FORT SILL, Okla. - Veterans of the battle of Iwo Jima participated in a reunion hosted by the Marine Artillery Detachment at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Feb. 12, 2015.
Continue reading "Survivors honored, remember battle for Iwo Jima 70 years ago" »
By Matthew M. Burke
Stars and Stripes
Published: February 12, 2015
The newly established Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has dispatched a remains recovery team to the Cambodian island of Koh Tang, where three Marines were left behind following the final battle of the Vietnam War.
Continue reading "POW/MIA agency dig site could hold Marine missing from Vietnam War" »
By Katie Lannan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on February 03, 2015 at 8:30 AM, updated February 05, 2015 at 12:16 PM
ELIZABETH — A Marine first lieutenant who landed his aircraft under heavy enemy fire to rescue four of his fellow Marines will be honored posthumously with a Purple Heart on Saturday.
Continue reading "N.J. Marine killed in Vietnam will get posthumous Purple Heart" »
By Christina Mora, Anchor/Reporter
Published On: Jan 26 2015 05:44:33 PM EST
Updated On: Jan 26 2015 06:16:42 PM EST
Friends and family are remembering an Oldham County native who died in a helicopter crash in California on Friday
Continue reading "Local marine remembered after fatal helicopter crash" »
January 27, 2015 12:00 AM
By Jill Harkins / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Marine Capt. Elizabeth Kealey returned from a deployment during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, she showed her mom, Chris Kealey-Thompson, photographs of her helicopter covered in bullet holes.
The Associated Press
Published: January 25, 2015
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Two Marine Corps officers killed when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise in the Southern California desert were remembered Sunday as talented pilots.
Continue reading "2 Marines identified in deadly California helicopter crash" »
Posted 12:01 PM, January 25, 2015, Updated at 04:52PM, January 25, 2015
By FOX 5 Digital Team
SAN DIEGO – The identities of the two Camp Pendleton Marines killed in a helicopter crash in Twentynine Palms were released Sunday.
Continue reading "Marines name pilots killed in helicopter crash" »
By Jason Nark, Philadelphia Daily News
Published: January 19, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) — Up in the high desert of northeastern Utah near the Colorado border, a teen with a jawline as rugged as the surrounding mountain ranges decided early in life that he was a Marine.
Story by 1LT Sarah Burns
Date Posted:01.14.2015 15:06
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - “I was hit with a grenade in the leg. While I was down lying on the beach, a Japanese officer – I think he was a warrant officer – came. We looked at each other, and I saw he had his sword. So I put my arm over my head and rolled. He got my arm, and I grabbed it (his sword) and got him.” – John L. L’Abbe
Continue reading "Our Legacy: John L’Abbe, Battle of Tarawa hero" »
By SD6 Assignment Desk
Story Published: Dec 7, 2014 at 10:55 AM PST
Story Updated: Dec 7, 2014 at 2:09 PM PST
A memorial ceremony was held Sunday morning on the USS Midway to mark the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, an event that launched the United States' entry into World War II.
Continue reading "REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR ABOARD THE USS MIDWAY" »
By Derrick Perkins, Staff writer 12:05 p.m. EST November 19, 2014
Corps officials have identified the Japan-based Marine who was pronounced dead on Tuesday after being found unresponsive in his barracks as Lance Cpl. Michael A. Tuttle, 21, of Fountaintown, Indiana.
By Joe DePriest
The Charlotte Observer (MCT)
Published: November 10, 2014
They met on a hill in a far corner of Vietnam.
Continue reading "Khe Sanh veterans remember fellow Marines at Vietnam War's bloodiest battle" »
Photos by SSgt Mark Fayloga
Date Posted:11.08.2014 13:59
Since his wife, Linda, passed away in 2010, Lt. Col. Laurence K. Burgess has returned each year the Saturday before the Marine Corps' birthday to place Marine Corps flags in Arlington National Cemetery.
Continue reading "Marine Corps Flags at Arlington National Cemetery" »
By Joshua Stewart, Staff writer 12:49 p.m. EST November 7, 2014
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – It has been a decade since Marines fought for their lives — and their brothers-in-arms — in Iraq's bloodiest battles, which would spark a turning point in the eight-year war.
By Hope Hodge Seck, Staff writer 1:58 p.m. EST November 6, 2014
When theatergoers attend a performance of the ballet "Colin" at Virginia's Hylton Performing Arts Center this weekend, among the first performers they'll see are two real active-duty Marines, clad in their dress blue uniforms.
Continue reading "Mother of fallen Marine creates full-length ballet tribute to his life" »
By Hope Hodge Seck
Nov. 5, 2014 - 06:08PM
It was late 2010, and Sgt. Philip A. McCulloch Jr. was locked into what may have been the darkest battle of America’s longest war.
Continue reading "Marine commanders reflect on 13 years of war in Afghanistan" »
By Fergal Keane
BBC News
27 October 2014 Last updated at 07:43 ET
Tony Lewis's son Conrad was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2011. His father travelled to the country to try to understand what he died for.
Continue reading "Afghanistan: A father's journey in the footsteps of his fallen son" »
By Jennifer Hlad
Stars and Stripes
Published: October 28, 2014
The death of Marine Cpl. Jordan L. Spears has been reclassified to indicate he died in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
Continue reading "Marine corporal is reclassified as 1st to die in Operation Inherent Resolve" »
By Brad Devereaux
October 26, 2014 at 4:04 PM, updated October 26, 2014 at 4:11 PM
MIDLAND, MI — A 24-year-old Marine from Midland died during a training exercise at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, according to his obituary and the Associated Press.
Continue reading "U.S. Marine from Midland dies during training at Fort Bragg" »
By Tony Perry, W.J. Hennigan
October 24, 2014
A 19 year-old Marine from Riverside has died in Iraq, becoming the second U.S. military member to die as the U.S. fights the advance of Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
Lance Cpl. Sean P. Neal, a specialist in the use of mortars, died in a “non-combat related incident” Thursday in Baghdad, the Department of Defense announced Friday. The incident is under investigation.
Continue reading "Riverside Marine dies in Iraq, second to die in Islamic State mission" »
Oct. 23, 2014 - 11:36AM
By Hope Hodge Seck
The family of fallen Marine Sgt. Daniel Vasselian accepted his Bronze Star with combat “V” device last week for heroism in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine awarded Bronze Star for heroism in 'Operation Nightmare'" »
The Navy called off the search for Cpl. Jordan L. Spears, 21, on Thursday
By Vanessa Herrera
Monday, Oct 6, 2014 • Updated at 4:13 PM PDT
The father of a Marine corporal presumed dead at sea says it was his son’s childhood dream to serve.
Continue reading "Marine Lost at Sea Was Living Dream: Father" »
BY McKenzie Pendergrass
Sunday, September 28, 2014 | 9:07 p.m. CDT; updated 7:10 p.m. CDT, Monday, September 29, 2014
COLUMBIA — Paper bags imprinted with gold stars and holding sand and a small candle lined the pathway, honoring fallen military veterans and their families. As the crowd placed the bags on a walkway to Cosmo-Bethel Lake, volunteers handed out small American flags to place next to the luminaries.
Continue reading "Lighting ceremony held for fallen Missouri soldiers" »
by Garrett Bergquist
Posted: 09.28.2014 at 10:16 PM
COLUMBIA -- Hundreds of luminaries lined a pathway at Bethel Park Sunday evening as families of fallen mid-Missouri servicemembers marked Gold Star Mothers Day.
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
September 22nd, 2014
The Stafford’s County Sheriff’s Office and the Strength and Honor Motorcycle Club will escort the body of a fallen Marine Tuesday from Dover Air Force Base to Covenant Funeral Service at Stafford Courthouse.
Continue reading "Procession for fallen Marine runs through Stafford" »
By Ali Rockett [email protected]
5:00 p.m. EDT, September 17, 2014
A Marine from Suffolk was killed in Afghanistan this week, according to a U.S. Department of Defense statement.
Continue reading "Marine from Suffolk killed in Afghanistan " »
By Colleen Curry
Aug. 26, 2014
The family of a U.S. Marine who was killed in Afghanistan last year is heartbroken after a thief stole the only remaining memento he had with him when he was killed: a poem.
Continue reading "Poem Carried By Fallen Marine Stolen From Family" »
By Chip Reid CBS News August 11, 2014, 8:08 PM
TARAWA -- The Republic of Keera-Bass is a nation of 33 islands straddling the equator in the central Pacific Ocean.
Continue reading "Bringing home the fallen Marines of Tarawa" »
By Thomas Gibbons-Neff
July 15 at 8:49 PM
In the foyer of the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters, there is a marble wall covered in stars. They are carved divots that represent those who have fallen in the service of the CIA. Below them, jutting out from the polished rock, is a black book entombed in a case of glass and steel. The book is a guide to the stars, giving the names of some of those who died and withholding the names of others.
Posted: Sunday, June 29, 2014 9:56 am
By TOM SILEO The Unknown Soldiers
On April 4, U.S. Marine Cpl. Brandon Garabrant updated his Facebook page as the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion left North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune for Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine's journey ends with ultimate sacrifice" »
Posted: Jun 27, 2014 6:40 AM CST Updated: Jun 27, 2014 7:07 PM CST
By Tom Fitzgerald, FOX 5 Reporter
STAFFORD, Va. -
It was a solemn welcome home ceremony for a local Marine killed in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. David Stewart was one of three Marines killed last week. His body arrived home to Stafford County in a patriotic motorcade Friday afternoon.
Continue reading "Stafford County residents welcome home fallen Marine" »
William Petroski, [email protected] 8:45 a.m. CDT June 24, 2014
An Ottumwa native known as a hard worker who was always kind to his classmates was one of three Marines killed in a Taliban attack as the United States draws down its military forces in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Iowa Marine dies in attack in Afghanistan" »
By David Culver
Jun 23, 2014
Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter David Culver talks with the father and the wife of a local Marine who died in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Family Mourns Marine Killed in Afghanistan" »
By Tony Perry
June 17, 2014
A Marine killed in Afghanistan was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star for bravery Monday in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton attended by his family members.
Continue reading "Marine killed in Afghanistan awarded Bronze Star for bravery" »
By Felicia Fonseca
The Associated Press
Published: June 4, 2014
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II.
Continue reading "Chester Nez, last of original group of Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 93" »
By Jolene Cleaver, [email protected],, @DispatchCleaver on Twitter
Posted: 05/30/14, 8:50 AM EDT
ONEIDA>>City resident Vicky Arnold is asking for the public’s help in finding a U.S. Marine Corps medal that is missing from son’s headstone in Oneida Castle cemetery.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine’s mom seeks help recovering medallion stolen from son’s headstone" »
BY newsdesk May 26, 2014 at 10:33 AM EDT
President Obama, back in Washington after his surprise trip to visit troops in Afghanistan, appeared at Arlington National Cemetery this morning to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Continue reading "President Obama lays wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" »
By JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press
Updated 11:00 am, Sunday, May 25, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps' chaplain, speaking Sunday to a congregation that has tied gold ribbons on the church's fence in honor of fallen soldiers since the Iraq War began, lauded the sacrifice of veterans around the world as President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan for Memorial Day.
Continue reading "US honors veterans over Memorial Day weekend" »
By Tom Wrobleski
May 23, 2014 at 4:00 PM, updated May 24, 2014 at 2:18 PM
ELTINGVILLE – James Capodanno, a World War II Marine Corps veteran who kept alive the memory of his hero brother, the Rev. Vincent R. Capodanno, has died at the age of 94, his family said.
On the anniversary of his death, a look at what has kept alive the legacy of Cpl. Jason L. Dunham.
Corps Connections, Features // April 22nd, 2014 // By Gunnery Sgt. Scott Dunn
A little more than 10 years ago, Cpl. Jason L. Dunham was just one of many Marines serving with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. But one split-second decision on April 14, 2004, secured his place as a Marine Corps hero who will never be forgotten.
Their son’s story is a two-parter: the time he lived in the tangible world, and after.
He was an athlete, a prankster and a protector, and when he became a man, he was too soon gone, dead at 22.
Continue reading "A Decade Later, a Marine’s Selfless Actions Live On" »
Therese Apel, The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger 11:56 a.m. EDT April 11, 2014
Twins Mike and Mark Boterf knew when they decided to go into the Marines together during wartime that they might not come out of it together.
Continue reading "Marine shot at Camp Lejeune took bullet for a friend" »
Updated: Thu 6:31 PM, Apr 10, 2014
The father of the 21-year-old Marine killed in an accidental shooting says his son overcame physical hurdles to join his two other brothers in the Marine Corps.
Continue reading "Dad: Marine Killed At Front Gate Overcame Physical Hurdles to Join Corps" »
Associated Press
Posted on April 9, 2014 at 10:23 PM
Updated yesterday at 10:37 PM
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday that the fatal shooting of a North texas Marine on guard duty by a colleague at a North Carolina base appears to have been an accident.
Continue reading "North Texas Marine killed in Camp Lejeune shooting " »
April 8th, 2014 | Battle Rattle | Posted by James Sanborn
A recent video posted to Facebook captures a touching gesture of respect and honor. In it, members of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, line miles of road to salute the families of fallen Marines on their way to an April 6 memorial aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., that marked the 10th anniversary of the battle of Ramadi.
19th March 2014
Originally posted Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:38 AM |
The morning of September 22, 2013 was a typical one for Theresa Jones. She was 8 and a half months into a deployment that had been extended due to the Syrian crisis. Her husband Landon, a helicopter pilot, was attached to a squadron stationed on the USS Nimitz. Her newborn son Hunter, born while her husband was deployed, was hungry and needed to be fed.
Continue reading "Racing Facebook: A New Challenge for the Military Community" »
Story by Cpl. Joshua Young | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 03.08.2014
Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, gathered to remember a fallen brother aboard Camp Leatherneck, March 7.
Continue reading "Deployed Marines gather to remember fallen brother" »
By Madison Park, CNN
Updated 8:07 AM ET, Thu March 6, 2014
Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee, the first Asian-American U.S. Marine Corps officer, rose through the ranks beginning his career from World War II to the Vietnam War.
Continue reading "Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee, Asian-American Marines trailblazer dies at 88" »
Scholarship given to kids of Camp Pendleton Marines killed in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal accident
By Linda McIntosh
11:39 a.m.March 3, 2014
CAMP PENDLETON — Children of four Camp Pendleton Marines killed in the Explosive Ordnance Disposal accident last November are getting scholarships to attend college.
Continue reading "Scholarships set up for kids of fallen Pendleton Marines" »
Camp Pendleton Marine in "Sands of Iwo Jima" to attend
By Linda McIntosh
11 a.m.Feb. 20, 2014
CAMP PENDLETON — A commemoration of the 69th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima is set for Saturday at Camp Pendleton.
Continue reading "Battle of Iwo Jima remembrance at Pendleton" »
By Mike Voorheis - StarNews of Wilmington
Published: Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:34 AM.
Master Sgt. Aaron Torian was remembered Sunday as a dedicated Marine, family man and superior physical specimen by several communities who grew to respect him. Torian died Saturday while deployed in Afghanistan.
US role ebbs, but pain for families will not recede
By Brian MacQuarrie
Globe Staff
February 17, 2014
Erin Vasselian left her job at Starbucks an hour early on Dec. 23, her mind swirling with thoughts of Christmas preparations and a husband stationed with the Marines half a world away in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan.
Continue reading "In Afghan war’s twilight, two farewells in Mass." »
'Finnigan's War' film honors grandfather, others who fought 1950-1953
By Gretel C. Kovach
1:28 p.m. Feb. 7, 2014
Toward the end of “Finnigan’s War,” a documentary about Korean War veterans, filmmaker Conor Timmis stands in a clearing in the trees, one hand resting on a tall stone inscribed in memory of Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.
Continue reading "Documenting bravery of Korean War heroes" »
Story by MSgt Pauline Franklin
Date Posted:01.23.2014 02:42
HAGATNA, Guam – Family, friends, elected officials and Marines, past and present, gathered Saturday to pay tribute to the first Chamorro, or native of the Marianas Islands, from Guam to achieve the rank of brigadier general.
Continue reading "Memorial Honors Marine’s Life of Service" »
By Hope Hodge Seck
Jan. 16, 2014 - 06:44PM
A junior Marine died this week in a swimming pool at Camp Pendleton, Calif., while completing a water skills test, Marine Corps officials said this week.
Continue reading "Marine dies in swimming pool at Camp Pendleton during recon test" »
Two from Camp Pendleton fought off inside attack from Afghan policeman
By Gretel C. Kovach
2:41 p.m.Jan. 15, 2014
Updated3:08 p.m.
Two Marines from a Camp Pendleton special operations unit will be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the nation’s second-highest medal for valor in combat.
Continue reading "Navy Cross for fallen Marine SpecOps leaders" »
Story Published: Jan 14, 2014 at 5:06 PM EST
Story Updated: Jan 14, 2014 at 7:08 PM EST
It's been one week since Marine Private First Class Skyler Way was found dead in a car submerged in canal near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
Continue reading "Gouverneur Marine's Family Upset Over Funeral 'Nightmare'" »
Posted: Jan 08, 2014 9:44 AM CST Updated: Jan 08, 2014 1:48 PM CST
By: WECT Staff
CAMPE LEJEUNE, NC (WECT) - The Highway Patrol has identified the two Camp Lejeune Marines who were found dead inside a submerged vehicle, according to WITN.
Continue reading "Troopers identify Camp Lejeune Marines found dead in submerged vehicle" »
Jan. 8, 2014 - 09:01PM
An Afghan soldier who killed a Marine lance corporal in a green-on-blue attack in 2012 is now awaiting execution in Afghanistan after being convicted of murder by a local court, according to Marine officials and court documents.
Continue reading "Afghan soldier who murdered Marine awaits execution" »
Mom of victim: Road "is nothing but a death hole"
By Justine Borst, Producer
POSTED: 4:58 AM Jan 08 2014
CRAVEN COUNTY -
Two missing Camp Lejeune Marines were found dead in an overturned car late Tuesday night.
Continue reading "Family members identify Lejeune Marines killed on Catfish Lake Road" »
Town’s first combat loss since Vietnam
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Erin Smith
The Abington community was left mourning the loss yesterday of a young U.S. Marine — the town’s first serviceman to die in combat since the Vietnam War.
Monday, December 23, 2013
By:
Laurel J. Sweet
FAIRHAVEN - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. "Smiley" Rodriguez lived by his tattoo bearing the words: "For those I love, I will sacrifice," his proud sister told a packed church today in the fishing town where her little brother learned to laugh and love during his 19 brief years.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine, his sister's 'superhero,' laid to rest" »
By Ariel Wittenberg
[email protected]
December 18, 2013 1:45 PM
Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Rodriguez will be coming home Thursday in a dignified transfer ceremony at the New Bedford Airport.
Continue reading "Fairhaven Marine killed in Afghanistan returning home Thursday" »
By Kevin Miller
Portland Press Herald, Maine
Published: December 15, 2013
ARLINGTON, Va. — Thousands of people gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday to lay 143,000 Maine-made wreaths on veterans’ graves, helped along by a last-minute surge of donations that enabled organizers to surpass their goal.
Continue reading "Thousands converge on Arlington for Wreaths Across America event" »
Photos by Jared Soares / For The Washington Post
Dec. 14, 2013
Volunteers and family members placed more than 100,000 remembrance wreaths on headstones throughout Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday.
Continue reading "Wreaths Across America honors U.S. veterans" »
By Steve Urbon
also by Ariel Wittenberg
[email protected]; [email protected]
December 13, 2013 12:00 AM
A Fairhaven Marine has been killed in Afghanistan while conducting combat operations.
Continue reading "Marine from Fairhaven killed in Afghanistan" »
Posted at: 12/01/2013 2:16 AM | Updated at: 12/01/2013 3:59 PM
By: Steve Flamisch
MECHANICVILLE – U.S. Marine Lance Corporals Anthony Denier and Erik Jacobsen were "six feet away" from one another when an enemy combatant opened fire in Afghanistan on Dec. 2, 2012.
Continue reading "One year later, remembering a fallen Marine" »
Four Marines killed in Camp Pendleton explosion identified
By Jennifer Hlad
Stars and Stripes
Published: November 14, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marine officials have identified the four explosive ordnance disposal Marines killed Wednesday in an accident at an artillery impact area on base.
Continue reading "Four Marines killed in Camp Pendleton explosion identified" »
Bomb disposal techs were from close-knit community stunned by stateside loss
By Gretel C. Kovach
6:48 p.m.Nov. 14, 2013
Updated8:53 p.m.
The four Marines killed Wednesday while clearing unexploded ordnance from a training range at Camp Pendleton had volunteered for one of the most dangerous jobs in the military. Every bomb disposal technician does.
November 14, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif --
Four Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines were killed in an explosion at approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday during range maintenance operations to dispose of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Zulu impact area aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
By CNN Staff
updated 5:43 PM EST, Wed November 13, 2013
(CNN) -- Four Marines were killed Wednesday during a range maintenance operation at Camp Pendleton in California, the military said.
Continue reading "4 Marines killed at Camp Pendleton during range maintenance operation" »
A Veteran Died With Nobody To Attend His Funeral — What Happened Next Was Incredibly Moving.
Posted on November 11, 2013
Harold Jellicoe Percival, a veteran of Bomber Command in WWII, died last month aged 99. The death notice in his local paper said that there was nobody to attend his funeral.
David Leslie Finlayson
March 20, 1988 - November 7, 2013
By Gina Harkins
Staff Writer
Oct. 22, 2013 - 11:31PM
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — On a quiet Sunday morning in Beirut, Lebanon, 30 years ago, a truck laden with explosives careened toward the barracks housing U.S. Marines on a peacekeeping mission. The explosion that followed, the largest non-nuclear bomb in history up to that point, leveled the building and killed 241 American troops, including 220 Marines.
Continue reading "Echoing through history: The lessons of Beirut remain relevant today" »
By Scott Neuman
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Michael Landsberry, the 45-year-old middle school math teacher and Afghan War veteran who was killed Monday trying to talk down a student shooter at a Nevada middle school, is being remembered as a hero.
Continue reading "Teacher Who Died Trying To End Shooting Remembered As A Hero" »
by Matt Doyle
Story Created: Oct 19, 2013
Story Updated: Oct 19, 2013
Milwaukee -- "We just knew we had to get up here for it," U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Brian Harris said.
Continue reading "Family, friends celebrate life of fallen U.S. Marine" »
Published in The Star-Herald from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, 2013
Our Hero that wore combat boots, United States Marine Lance Corporal Jabe Austin Hammack, 20, of Gering unexpectedly passed away Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 at Camp Pendleton in Calif.
Pentagon says foundation to pay death benefits.
By FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 2:00 pm
The founder of a Columbia-based group that supports Marines praised the stopgap measure announced yesterday to provide death benefits to families of fallen soldiers and again called on Congress to end the government shutdown.
Continue reading "Local group sends checks to families of Marine, soldier" »
by Mark Slavit
Posted: 10.09.2013 at 6:15 PM
A Columbia-based not-for-profit group supporting military families collected $40,000 during the past 24 hours.
Death gratuity is not being paid during government shutdown.
By Rudi Keller
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 6:32 pm
Columbia-based not-for-profit Marine Parents raised $10,000 in an hour on Tuesday afternoon, its founder said, when it learned that military death benefits were not being paid and a Wisconsin family needed help covering in the burial and transportation expenses for Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Collins Jr., who died Saturday in Afghanistan.
Continue reading " Local group raises money for family of dead Marine" »
Posted: Oct 8, 2013 7:53 PM by Hailee Hopkins, KOMU 8 Reporter
Updated: Oct 8, 2013 10:24 PM
COLUMBIA - Due to the U.S. government shut down, military families who have lost their loved ones have not been able to receive death benefits.
Continue reading "Marine Parents Raise $10,000 to Support Marine Funeral Costs" »
October 3rd, 2013 | Posted by Dan Lamothe
Former Army Capt. Will Swenson will receive the Medal of Honor on Oct. 15, more than four years after he and other U.S. forces tried desperately to find and save three Marines and a Navy corpsman who were trapped under heavy fire in the infamous Battle of Ganjgal in Afghanistan.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Published: September 26, 2013
A Marine who died while shielding fellow Marines from a grenade blast during the 2004 battle for Fallujah in Iraq has been honored during a ship-naming ceremony at Naval Base San Diego.
Continue reading "Navy names destroyer after decorated Marine who died at Fallujah" »
By Hope Hodge Seck
Staff Writer
Sep. 18, 2013 - 12:50PM
A Marine was killed and four others injured when an Amphibious Assault Vehicle caught fire Monday morning at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Continue reading "Marine killed, four injured in AAV fire at 29 Palms" »
By Linda McIntosh
6 a.m.Sept. 10, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON — A retired Marine is cycling cross-country to visit American Gold Star Mothers and honor comrades killed in combat.
Continue reading " Marine cycles cross-county to honor fallen comrades" »
‘Tragically, (Michael) gave his last full measure of devotion in protecting his country, and our freedoms,’ Mayor Bloomberg said. The Staten Island resident, whose family had a military tradition, died Wednesday in Ghani Province in an attack that involved an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
By Ginger Adams Otis / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, August 30, 2013, 11:51 AM
Growing up on Staten Island, Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis dreamed of being like his father and grandfather and serving in the U.S. Army.
Continue reading "New York City soldier Michael Ollis, 24, killed by Afghan rebels" »
August 29th, 2013
Posted by Gina Harkins
A group of Marine reservists are leading a three-day, 81 mile hike in Florida this weekend to honor those who died in the Battle of Fallujah in 2004.
Continue reading "Marines to hike 81 miles over Labor Day weekend to honor Fallujah heroes" »
General spearheading effort to honor every fallen member of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Association
By Linda McIntosh
6:30 a.m.Aug. 28, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON — A Marine general is spearheading an effort to honor every fallen member of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines based at Camp Pendleton in a memorial at the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park in Virginia.
19-Year-Old Suffered Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
By Jackie Bensen and Matthew Stabley
Monday, Aug 12, 2013
A 19-year-old Marine from South Dakota who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound may have been playing a so-called "trust game" Friday night, sources close to the investigation said.
Continue reading "Marine May Have Died After "Trust Game," Sources Say" »
Kelly family helped foundation raise record amount of scholarship funding
By Gretel C. Kovach
3:58 p.m.Aug. 8, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON — When Karen Kelly’s son died in Afghanistan, she felt a duty to honor him and the sacrifices he made as the child of a Marine and later as a Marine himself.
n Prison, North Vietnam, 1967-1973
By Peter Collier
George "Bud" Day was seventeen in late 1942 when he badgered his parents into allowing him to volunteer for the Marine Corps. He spent nearly three years in the South Pacific during World War II, then returned home, went to college, and got a law degree. In 1950, he joined the Air National Guard. When he was called up for active duty a year later, he applied for pilot training and flew fighter jets during the Korean War. After being promoted to captain in 1955, he decided to become a "lifer" in the Air Force.
Continue reading "Maximum Resistance: George E. "Bud" Day" »
By: Mark Lawton | [email protected]
July 26, 2013 2:11PM
A Marine from Leyden Township was honored the afternoon of July 24, the third anniversary of his death in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Monument honors Leyden Township Marine who perished in Afghanistan" »
Building at NSF Indian Head to be renamed
By REBECCA J. BARNABI
Staff writer
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
A building at Naval Support Facility Indian Head will be dedicated to honor U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Terry “T.J.” Honeycutt Jr., who died while serving in Afghanistan in 2010.
Jim Michaels, @jimmichaels
USA TODAY
9:51 a.m. EDT June 26, 2013
At a time when the divide between the military and civilian world has never been greater, the words of Marine Gen. John Kelly have helped bridge the gap.
Continue reading "Words of a general who lost a son in combat resonate" »
Monument honors 5th Marines killed in Afghanistan
By Gretel C. Kovach
3:01 p.m. June 6, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON — White-gloved hands carefully withdrew camouflage netting to reveal 89 names etched in granite.
By Bill Lindelof
Published: Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 8:13 am
Cpl. Gurpreet Singh, an Antelope resident killed in combat in 2011, recently received the Bronze Star in ceremonies at Camp Pendleton.
Continue reading "Sacramento Marine killed in Afghanistan receives Bronze Star" »
GEOFFREY INGERSOLL
JUN. 3, 2013, 11:20 AM 452,450 73
Five years ago, two Marines from two different walks of life who had literally just met were told to stand guard in front of their outpost's entry control point.
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
The Associated Press
Published: May 27, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — Before Cpl. Thomas "Cotton" Jones was killed by a Japanese sniper in the Central Pacific in 1944, he wrote what he called his "last life request" to anyone who might find his diary: Please give it to Laura Mae Davis, the girl he loved.
Continue reading "WWII Marine's diary: A brief look at a brief life" »
By Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda | Marine Corps Forces Europe | May 27, 2013
BELLEAU, France --
To commemorate Memorial Day, and to mark the 95th anniversary of the historic Battle of Belleau Wood, U.S. Marines with their French brothers and sisters in arms, locals of the town of Belleau, and visitors from around the world, gathered at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery May 26, to remember and honor the fallen heroes of World War I, as well as celebrate the long-standing partnership between U.S. and French militaries that is still alive today.
The Associated Press
Published: May 27, 2013
Americans gathered at cemeteries, memorials and monuments nationwide to honor fallen military service members on Memorial Day, at a time when combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindles.
Continue reading "Americans gather to honor fallen servicemembers " »
Wounds from loss of husband and father who was killed in Iraq nearly a decade ago hard to heal for his wife and four children
By Gretel C. Kovach
May 25, 2013
A couple of years after Maj. Richard Gannon II was killed in Iraq, his youngest son — the one with his father’s dark looks — asked, “So, when is dad coming home?”
By Niraj Warikoo
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer
May 25, 2013
When Logan Stark first set foot in Afghanistan in the fall of 2010 as a U.S. Marine, he wasn’t too worried.
Continue reading "Afghan vet, now an MSU student, honors fallen Marines in documentary" »
By Logan Jenkins6 a.m.May 22, 2013
Memorial Day, we’re reminded this time of year, was originally called Decoration Day, a day in late May set aside for the adornment of the fallen’s resting places with flowers, flags, endearments.
Continue reading "It will be memorable Memorial Day at Alpine's cemetery" »
By Cpl. Sarah Wolff-Diaz | Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch | May 21, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Blue chemical lights illuminated the Pacific under a early morning sky as 41 dark figures approached the black waters off San Onofre beach at 4 a.m. and patiently waited in the brisk air for the countdown to honor their fallen comrades to begin May 17.
Continue reading "Marines sacrifice at Recon Challenge for those who gave it all" »
Courtesy Story | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 05.20.2013
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - More than 300 local residents attended a memorial dedication at Veterans Memorial Park May 20, 2013, honoring seven Marines from 1st Battalion, 9th Marines who died while training nearby.
Granite 7-ton wall delivered after 10-day trip
Joe Little
Posted: 05/20/2013
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A new memorial honoring Marines killed in Afghanistan arrived Monday at Camp Pendleton following a lengthy journey.
Continue reading "New memorial honors Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Afghanistan" »
James K. Sanborn
Staff writer
May. 20, 2013 - 06:00AM
The commingled remains of 13 fallen service members — mostly Marines — killed in the last armed action of the Vietnam War were laid to rest May 15 at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. The men died in a raid known today as the Mayaguez Incident, which was mounted to save the crew of a civilian container ship highjacked in 1975 by communist Khmer Rouge forces near Cambodia.
By Erik Lacitis
The Seattle Times/MCT
Published: May 18, 2013
SEATTLE — The two had known each other less than three weeks when they found themselves inside helicopters about to land off a Cambodian island, and were easy targets for a firestorm of Khmer Rouge bullets and rocket-propelled grenades.
The Herald Bulletin/AP
Published: May 11, 2013
ANDERSON, Ind. -- Family and friends of a U.S. Marine from Indiana who died in a 2003 Humvee crash in Kuwait marked the 10th anniversary of his death by gathering for a somber memorial at his gravesite
Continue reading "Ind. Marine's family mark decade since his death" »
The 39-year-old Marine will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, family friends say
By Jessica Mazzola
Email the author
May 6, 2013
A 1993 Ramsey High School graduate serving overseas in Afghanistan was killed Saturday, according to a friend of the soldier’s family.
By Ryan Parker
The Denver Post
Posted: 05/06/2013 05:10:45 PM MDT
Updated: 05/06/2013 11:52:59 PM MDT
A 23-year-old Marine from Parker — and the Military Working Dog that was trying to save him — were killed during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Farah province Saturday, Major Jeff Landis of the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command told The Denver Post on Monday.
Continue reading "Parker Marine killed in action in Afghanistan, dog tried to save him" »
Commercial-News
May 2, 2013
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Todd Allen Hawk, 27, of North Las Vegas and formerly of Cayuga, Ind., passed away at 8:35 p.m. PDT Saturday, April 27, 2013, at his residence.
Story by 1st Lt. Spencer Kenyon | Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs | Date: 04.28.2013
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan—The rugged hand-painted sign reads:
CAMP WEIS
In memory of
Maj. James Matthew Weis
Killed in action July 22, 2010
Trek Nawa, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Continue reading "Deployed Marine given reminder of fallen brother’s sacrifice" »
4/22/2013 5:35 AM
By Steve Zalusky
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. James Stack, of Arlington Heights, made the ultimate sacrifice for his country on Nov. 10, 2010, in southern Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Family of deceased Arlington Heights Marine sends care packages to troops" »
By MATTHEW ADKINS - Daily News Staff
Published: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 23:07 PM.
While the nation is mourning the recent events in Boston and the recent explosion in West, Texas, area residents gathered Saturday to remember a terrorist attack 30 years ago.
Continue reading "Veterans gather to remember Beirut embassy bombing" »
Charity event Friday also sends socks to last troops in Afghanistan
By Gretel C. Kovach
6:39 p.m.April 17, 2013
Jim and Carla Hogan thought their target shootouts benefiting troops in Afghanistan were losing steam.
By John Newland, Staff Writer, NBC News
April 16, 2013
It’s an iconic image that captures a moment when one Boston Marathon bystander became much more.
By Sam Adams
PUBLISHED: 10:32 EST, 12 April 2013 | UPDATED: 04:44 EST, 13 April 2013
A war veteran who died with just a handful of relatives to mourn him has been given a hero's funeral after a care home manager sent out a hopeful email which went global.
Camp Pendleton memorial for 86 international troops killed in Afghanistan
By Gretel C. Kovach
8:01 p.m .April 11, 2013
When the bell tolled Thursday for each of the fallen in Afghanistan, the loss echoed far beyond the Camp Pendleton parade ground to hometowns across America, England, Australia, the republic of Georgia and beyond.
Apr 09, 2013
Marine Corps News| by Air Force Master Sgt. Veronica Aceveda
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- When a Marine is killed and the fallen member is bound for Dover Air Force Base, Del., a specialized three-person team is standing by to provide the same care and assistance as a civilian funeral home.
Continue reading "Marine Liaisons Committed to Care of Fallen" »
By Michelle Janaye Nealy - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Mar 29, 2013 17:57:42 EDT
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Family members described William Taylor Wild IV as a loving son, caring brother and consummate Marine during a funeral Friday for the 21-year-old who was killed along with six others last week when a mortar shell exploded during a training exercise at a base in Nevada.
Continue reading "Family eulogizes Marine killed in mortar blast" »
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 12:07 pm, Thu Mar 21, 2013.
By TIM PRUDENTE Staff Writer
They came in the morning, two Marines, walking up the driveway to the Severna Park home.
Continue reading "Community rallies around family of killed Severna Park Marine" »
By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Travis DiPerna, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs
Release Date: 3/21/2013 2:50:00 PM
ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducted a burial at sea for 11 Sailors, one Marine and one civilian, March 19.
Continue reading "Son Honors Father's Legacy During Burial at Sea" »
Courtesy Story | II Marine Expeditionary Force | Date: 03.20.2013
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Seven Marines with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, were killed and eight others were injured, which includes a Navy Corpsman, in an explosion during a live-fire training exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2013.
Continue reading "Names of seven Marines killed in Hawthorne incident released" »
By SCOTT SONNER and TED BRIDIS | Associated Press – March 20, 2013
HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of residents in a rural community steeped in military history turned out to mourn the loss of seven Marines as investigators arrived at an ammunition depot to try to determine how a mortar shell exploded at the Nevada base and sent shrapnel flying into troops during a training exercise.
Continue reading "Nevada town mourns Marines who died in explosion" »
By A. BREED and EMERY P. DALESIO | Associated Press – March 20, 2013
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — They're called "leathernecks" or "Devil Dogs," but some of the Marines killed in a desert training accident this week were just a year or so out of high school, their boyish faces not yet weathered by life's hardships.
Continue reading "Marines killed in training were young, lives ahead" »
Dead, wounded from 1st Battalion, 9th Marines
By Hope Hodge - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Mar 19, 2013 12:32:03 EDT
Update 4:26p.m. EDT: In a 4p.m. press conference aboard Camp Lejeune, 2nd Marine Division Commander Brig. Gen. Jim Lukeman told reporters the deadly training accident had been the result of a malfunction when the 60mm mortar round exploded inside a tube prior to firing. Contrary to earlier reports, Lukeman said, the Marine Corps did not place a moratorium on all 60mm mortar training following the tragedy, but suspended use of the specific lot of 60mm ammunition that was used in the blast.
Continue reading "Corps suspends mortar use after blast kills 7" »
Posted: March 19, 2013
By: Associated Press By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Seven Marines from a North Carolina unit were killed when a 60mm mortar exploded unexpectedly at a Nevada military depot that's an important training facility for troops headed overseas, a Marine Corps official said.
Continue reading "Nevada training explosion kills 7 North Carolina unit Marines" »
Published March 19, 2013
FoxNews.com
An explosion at a military ammunition storage facility in Nevada during a Marine Corps training exercise killed seven U.S. Marines and wounded several others, military officials said.
Continue reading "7 Marines killed during explosion at Nevada's Hawthorne Army Depot" »
By Nathan Max
4:16 p.m.March 14, 2013
CAMP PENDLETON — Sgt. Wade D. Wilson didn’t flinch last May when an insurgent began firing an AK-47 at him and four of his fellow Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Story by Sgt. Ned Johnson | Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs | Date: 03.02.2013
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan— The air was dry and warm as Marines and Georgian soldiers stood silent in preparation to honor their fallen comrade.
Continue reading "Dedicated Marine, family man honored in Helmand" »
Story by Lance Cpl. James Gulliver | 1st Marine Division | Date: 02.15.2013
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – “Always faithful” is a saying that has been a way of life for U.S. Marines since they adopted the motto in the late 1800s. The word continues to echo on the battlefield today.
Continue reading "Marine honored, posthumously awarded Bronze Star" »
Thursday, February 14, 2013
By Beth Ford Roth
The military will posthumously award fallen Marine Sgt. William Stacey the Bronze Star at a Camp Pendleton ceremony Friday, according to 1st Marine Public Affairs.
By Melinda Morales - The Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta
Posted : Monday Jan 14, 2013 13:41:38 EST
VISALIA, Calif. — When Sgt. Jonathan Diehm decided to sign up for another tour with the Marines, he chose to make it official where a fallen comrade and close friend is buried.
Continue reading "Marine re-enlists at grave of fallen friend" »
Obituary
January 3, 2013
Groton: Spencer W. Wing, 19, of Chipman Corners Road, Groton, NY, died unexpectedly on January 1, 2013.
Stars and Stripes
Published: December 15, 2012
ARLINGTON, Va. — What began as a goodwill gesture by a Maine businessman who found himself with a surplus of Christmas wreaths two decades ago continued its annual growth trend Saturday when 20,000 volunteers took part in the Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery.
Continue reading "Wreaths Across America 2012 at Arlington National Cemetery" »
By ALEXANDRA DUKAKIS
Dec 10, 2012 10:20pm
WASHINGTON — Navy SEALs are trained to carry out missions of great peril with lethal precision and discipline. They are asked to cross enemy lines to save Americans and kill adversaries. However, there is no training course, no simulated direct-action exercise, that can prepare SEALs for the emotional punch of losing one of their own in the line of duty. That’s what makes Saturday night’s rescue mission in Afghanistan particularly tragic.
Continue reading "SEAL Team 6 Member Killed in Raid That Freed American Doctor" »
Written by Bob Vosseller
8:32 AM, Dec 5, 2012
John and Marge Budenas held small American flags Tuesday as they sat on a curb adjacent to the Anderson & Campbell Funeral Home in Toms River.
Published: Monday, December 03, 2012
By DANIELLE SANZONE
[email protected]
Twitter.com/DanielleSanzone
MECHANICVILLE — The last time Mary Morgan heard from her son, Lance Cpl. Anthony Denier, was just a few hours before he was shot by enemy fire in Afghanistan while serving his country with the U.S. Marines.
Continue reading "Mechanicville Marine Anthony Denier killed in Afghanistan" »
By Tomas Dinges/The Star-Ledger
on November 27, 2012 at 6:27 PM, updated November 28, 2012 at 7:41 AM
OCEAN GATE — Marine Cpl. Christopher Monahan Jr. was the guy everybody looked up to. The oldest of three siblings, he was a guiding light for his mother and a role model for his three young children, family members said.
Continue reading "Ocean County Marine dies in Afghanistan" »
Karina Bland
Sun, Nov 18 2012 2:56 PM
I pull open the door to the Silver Pony Bar & Grill at 4 p.m. sharp and blink as my eyes adjust to the dim light inside.
Continue reading "Corps of brothers help toast dad on Marine Corps birthday" »
Gold Star Marine mom
Posted : Tuesday Nov 6, 2012 13:17:30 EST
Once upon a time there lived a young man named Ivan Irl Wilson. He is my son and also a U.S. Marine. He joined the Delayed Entry Program (U.S. Marines) on Aug. 24, 2005, and on Sept. 11, 2005, he left for Boot Camp. He landed his feet down on the ever famous yellow boot prints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Sept. 12, 2005. For Ivan, this was a big adjustment in his young life. Prior to joining the Marines, he was living a wayward life. Ivan was stationed in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and began his life as a U.S. Marine. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2008.
Commandant dedicates training jet at Miramar honoring war heroes
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
6:16 p.m., Nov. 2, 2012
Four F/A-18 Hornet jets streaked high over Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Friday afternoon in a missing man formation. When Number 222 peeled away from the others and landed, it was obvious that the latest aircraft added to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101 was something special.
Continue reading "Fighter jet flies for Medal of Honor recipients" »
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 1, 2012 7:47:54 EDT
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Flags across the Navajo Nation are flying at half-staff in honor of Navajo Code Talker George Smith, who died Tuesday at 90.
By Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting | Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune | October 25, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. --
It was a quiet morning in Beirut, Lebanon. With the country divided during a civil war, Marines and other service members were present in the country conducting peacetime operations and took up headquarters at the Beirut International Airport. No one could have guessed on this morning at approximately 6:20 a.m., the Marine Corps, and the United States Military as a whole would experience one of its most devastating blows in recent history.
By Matthew Barakat - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Oct 22, 2012 20:39:14 EDT
WASHINGTON — Arlington National Cemetery on Monday made available to the public a massive electronic database detailing the gravesites of the roughly 400,000 people buried there.
Continue reading "Arlington Cemetery debuts new interactive map" »
Obituary
Scoville, Ryan Wayne
22, of Peoria, AZ passed away on Oct. 21, 2012 in Crawfordsville, IN.
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.
Published: October 18, 2012
A House bill pending the governor's signature would designate a section of Rt. 233 in Cumberland County the Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas B. Morrison Memorial Highway.
Continue reading "Bill designates road a memorial highway after local Marine" »
By Lance Cpl. Jackeline M. Perez Rivera | Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune | October 16, 2012
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- When the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, was struck by terrorists on Oct. 23, 1983, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and the Jacksonville community suffered severe losses.
Continue reading "Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony set to remember the lost" »
By Mark Wineka - The Salisbury Post via AP
Posted : Saturday Oct 13, 2012 11:55:46 EDT
CHINA GROVE, N.C. (AP) — Lynn White Polasit never knew her Uncle Olin. He lost his young life with 163 other crew members who went down with the USS Drexler May 28, 1945, just northwest of Okinawa.
By Dan Elliott - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Oct 9, 2012 10:54:34 EDT
DENVER — For 37 years, Delouise Guerra never knew for certain what happened to the young man she called her baby brother, an 18-year-old Marine from Colorado who was missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crash on the other side of the world.
Continue reading "Long-missing Marine’s remains brought home" »
By Sharon Chen
9:09 p.m. PDT, October 4, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- The Pentagon released the name Thursday of a 31-year-old Camp Pendleton-based Marine killed in combat this week in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine killed in Afghanistan was mother of 4 " »
By Megan McCloskey
Stars and Stripes
Published: October 4, 2012
The attacks are personal.
Continue reading "Insider outrage: Families feel added sense of violation, betrayal" »
By Rusty Dennen
The Free Lance-Star
Published: October 3, 2012
Back in June, I got a handwritten note from Lawrence "Reggie" Lucas. He asked whether I might be interested in mentioning that he'd be getting some recognition for a long-ago stint in the Montford Point Marines.
By Cpl. Mark Garcia, Regional Command Southwest
Sep 25, 2012 - 6:53:32 PM
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan – Hundreds of Marines gathered to honor the lives of two fallen comrades killed during the attack on Camp Bastion, Sept. 14.
Continue reading "Always remembered, never forgotten: Marines honor fallen brothers" »
2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment returned from Afghanistan
Written by
Gretel C. Kovach
3:48 p.m., Sept. 24, 2012
Updated 10:54 a.m. , Sept. 25, 2012
A Camp Pendleton infantry battalion that returned this month from Afghanistan will hold a memorial ceremony Friday to mourn the dead.
By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS
Updated September 23, 2012, 2:43 p.m. ET
HOOVER, Ala.—Two years ago, Matthew Proctor dropped to his knees in the Afghan dirt and watched his best friend bleed to death.
Continue reading "A Marine's Death Brings Together His Dad and His Battlefield Buddy " »
241 service members died in 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
By Kent Miller - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Sep 23, 2012 10:42:21 EDT
Shortly after he arrived in Lebanon in 2011, John A. Dalziel, the FBI’s assistant legal attaché to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, woke up early one morning and made his way to a parking lot by the airport. Sunrise was still 26 minutes away as he surveyed the scene — the large empty lot, a fence near some trees, a few remnants of a large building.
Continue reading "Marine memorial in Lebanon provides closure" »
By Ernesto Londoño, Published: September 22
Lt. Col. Christopher K. Raible was heading home to video-chat with his wife after dinner when the first blasts rang out. The pops in the distance on Sept. 14 at Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan were harbingers of the most audacious Taliban attack on a major NATO base in the decade-long war.
Continue reading " Slain Marine commander’s actions in Afghanistan called heroic" »
PFC Michael A. Kane Jr. died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, in North Carolina. He was 19.
By Adam Geller - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Sep 14, 2012 8:58:13 EDT
Staring out the window of his pickup, slowly trailing the hearse bearing his brother’s body, Will Copes’ eyes blurred with tears. In a few minutes he and his brother would be home, back to a town preoccupied with the first week of school and plans for weekend barbecues. A place far removed from an unrelenting, but all too easily forgotten war.
Continue reading "Afghan war often forgotten ’til death hits home" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Joseph Scanlan | 1st Marine Division | Date: 09.14.2012
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. —The parents of a fallen Marine displayed a restored vintage Chevrolet pickup truck, painted with a patriotic mural, for the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in a showcasing here, Sept. 13.
Continue reading "Truck dedicated to fallen 3/5 Marines displayed for “Dark Horse” battalion" »
8:46 PM, Sep. 12, 2012
BATAVIA — On Thursday, a procession will honor a Clermont County Marine who drowned shortly after completing basic training in South Carolina.
Continue reading "Thursday procession planned for Clermont Marine" »
By ANNE CHRISTNOVICH
[email protected]
873-706-8125
Published Saturday, September 8, 2012
Jonathon A. Crawford of Clermont County, Ohio, was identified late Saturday as the Marine who drown off Hunting Island State Park on Friday afternoon.
Continue reading "Marine drowning victim identified, called 'exemplary recruit'" »
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 5:30 PM CDT Updated: Sep 07, 2012 11:31 PM CDT
By Alex Bender
BEAUFORT CO., SC (WTOC) -
According to authorities, a 19-year-old Marine from Ohio who had just graduated boot camp form Parris Island Friday morning later drowned off Hunting Island Beach around 4:45 p.m.
By Jim Carney
Akron Beacon Journal
Published: September 3, 2012
The ripple effects of losing a son in Iraq took the Warner family on a journey into darkness.
Continue reading "Father of fallen Marine chronicles loss of son in book" »
By Danny Valentine - Tampa Bay Times via The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Sep 2, 2012 16:01:22 EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tom Jones was disturbed.
Continue reading "Woodworkers give veterans proper burials" »
Shot by Afghan working at shared installation
Written by
Loic Hostetter
7:01 p.m., Aug. 14, 2012
A staff sergeant from San Diego was one of three Marines who were fatally shot Friday night in the Garmser district of southern Afghanistan.
Continue reading " San Diegan among Marines killed in Afghanistan" »
By Andrew deGrandpré - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Aug 13, 2012 17:51:18 EDT
Six Marines were shot and killed during separate attacks Friday in southwestern Afghanistan, both incidents allegedly perpetrated by Afghans believed to be allies.
Continue reading "Pentagon IDs 6 Marines killed in Helmand" »
Henry K. Lee
Updated 9:12 p.m., Monday, August 13, 2012
U.S. Marine Capt. Matthew Manoukian of Los Altos Hills planned to leave the service next year and enroll in law school, following in the footsteps of his parents who both serve on the bench.
August 12, 2012 11:04 PM
NEW YORK(CBSNewYork) — A Long Island family that was waiting for their son to return home from Afghanistan must now plan a funeral.
Story by Lance Cpl. Timothy Childers | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 08.10.2012
Date Posted:08.11.2012 12:35
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Sergeant Matthew Abbate was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration that can be bestowed by the Department of the Navy and second highest decoration for valor, during an award ceremony at the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines' Parade Deck here, Aug. 10.
Continue reading "3/5 Marine posthumously awarded Navy Cross" »
Hundreds turn out for a service for Laura Froehlich, an Air Force veteran who greeted thousands of troops leaving for or returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
August 11, 2012
RIVERSIDE — For more than a decade, Laura Froehlich, an irrepressible civic dynamo known as the "Flag Mama," made it her duty to greet military personnel departing for Iraq and Afghanistan or returning from those war zones.
Continue reading "Military bids farewell to the 'Flag Mama'" »
Had been shot down off Cambodia during Vietnam War
Written by
Nathan Max
3:36 p.m., Aug. 6, 2012
Updated 5:02 p.m.
There has been a tombstone with U.S. Marine Richard W. Rivenburgh’s name on it at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery since the CH-53 helicopter he was flying in was shot down off the coast of Cambodia in 1975.
Continue reading "37 years later, Marine laid to rest at Fort Rosecrans" »
By Gina Harkins - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Aug 6, 2012 9:14:51 EDT
Cody Green only lived to be 12, but he had already spent years battling a deadly disease with the fighting style of the Marines he idolized. And one former sergeant made sure a Marine was with him during his final hours.
Continue reading "Watch-standing sgt. honors child with cancer" »
Boy Was Visiting With Family For Brother's Marine Corps Graduation
POSTED: 9:49 am PDT August 3, 2012
UPDATED: 12:57 pm PDT August 3, 2012
SAN DIEGO -- A 3-year-old New Mexico boy who was struck by a pickup truck on a Point Loma-area street died early Friday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.
By Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Created: 08/02/2012 01:16:50 PM PDT
Rancho Cucamonga Marine Joshua Ashley laid to rest on Thursday.
Continue reading "Rancho Cucamonga Marine Joshua Ashley laid to rest on Thursday" »
By bodiesunl | Posted August 1, 2012 | Newnan, Georgia
When we watch the evening news what do we mostly encounter? For the most part we see, world news, on the home front, local, late breaking, sports and weather. I myself watch the news to be educated on what is happening not only around the world but throughout the United States. I have regularly envisaged writing an article pertaining to an issue with the media that has truly troubled me but have never got around to it until today.
By Andrew deGrandpré - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jul 30, 2012 20:49:42 EDT
Two elite special operations Marines were killed in combat Sunday in northwestern Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Decorated MARSOC gunnies killed in Afghanistan" »
Marine battalion commander, 99, is laid to rest at Fort Rosecrans
Written by
Nathan Max
12:01 a.m., July 28, 2012
POINT LOMA — One of the last surviving battalion commanders from the U.S. assault on Iwo Jima during World War II was laid to rest Friday with full military honors at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 6th Fleet Public Affairs | Date: 07.27.2012
MEDETERRANIAN SEA – The Navy Fitness Enhancement (FEP) program aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) helped sailors cultivate a culture of fitness while underway on the ship’s maiden deployment, July 26.
Continue reading "USS Jason Dunham helps sailors keep fit while on deployment" »
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Europe, 6th Fleet Public Affairs | Date: 07.27.2012
MEDETERRANIAN SEA - The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) completed damage control training with international naval officers as a part of the Partnership of Adriatic Mariners, July 25.
Continue reading "USS Jason Dunham hosts foreign officers for Damage Control Training" »
By Bill O'Brien, and Vanessa McCray [email protected], [email protected]
July 26, 2012
WILLIAMSBURG — A blue spruce stands sentry in the corner of Rick Hansen's back yard, a gift from his son that's grown from sapling to a stout 12 feet or more over the past two decades.
Continue reading "Local marine dies in combat in Afghanistan" »
Story by Cpl. Mark Garcia | Regimental Combat Team 6 | Date: 07.11.2012
COMBAT OUTPOST TABAC, Afghanistan – On a somber Sunday afternoon, more than 200 servicemembers gathered to honor four fallen comrades during a memorial ceremony, July 8.
Continue reading "Marines honor fallen brothers in Afghanistan" »
By Richard Winton
Los Angeles Times
Published: July 2, 2012
Multi-star generals attended his Arlington National Cemetery funeral. His name adorns a fighter jet. His words echo in the halls of Congress.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine's letter to family resonates with many" »
On June 22, 2012, Lance Corporal Eugene C. Mills, III (USMC) was assigned 1st Battalion 8th Marines Bravo Company 2nd Marines Division was killed in action by enemy small fire while conducting combat operations in Sagin Valley, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
6/29/2012 By Pfc. Franklin E. Mercado , 2nd Marine Logistics Group
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines and sailors with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group filled the pews of the Protestant Chapel here, June 29, during a memorial service to commemorate the life of one of their own.
By Gus Burns | [email protected]
Published: Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:37 PM
CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — The appreciation displayed for U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Steven P. Stevens II of Detroit, who lost his life serving in Afghanistan last week, and for his family, was strong Friday.
Continue reading "Detroit Marine Steven P. Stevens II returns home to patriotic welcome" »
By: Cheryl Conner
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
LAUREL, Md. - Gene Mills walked out his front door on Father's Day 2008. He grew up in Laurel, graduated from High Road Academy, and before he turned 18 his dad signed the papers for him to join the U.S. Marines. It’s a mission he had since 9-11.
Continue reading "Father of fallen U.S. Marine talks about his last phone call " »
By Elisha Anderson and Christina Hall
June 26, 2012
His son was born just eight days after Pfc. Steven Stevens II was deployed to Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Young Marine killed in Afghanistan never got to hold his son" »
By Martin Weil, Published: June 24
The people who knew Eugene C. Mills III, and watched him grow up in the Maryland suburbs, could not praise him enough. In part, they said, it was his family who made him the man he was, and it was also the Marine Corps.
Continue reading "Marine Eugene C. Mills III of Maryland is killed in Afghanistan" »
6/22/2012 By Lance Cpl. Matthew Manning , Marine Corps Bases Japan
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan — Marines and sailors with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company gathered in the Camp Hansen chapel June 14 to honor the life of Sgt. Julian C. Chase.
Continue reading "5th ANGLICO honors, remembers fallen brother " »
By Natalie DiBlasio, USA TODAY
June 17, 2012
WASHINGTON – Every Father's Day, Mike Cruden comes to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to lay down a red rose in memory of his Marine father.
Continue reading "A poignant Father's Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial" »
Story by Cpl. Chelsea Flowers | Marine Week | Date: 06.17.2012
CLEVELAND - Chloe Knight is almost 8 years old. She has her father’s eyes, a contagious smile and will talk your ear off. Like most little girls, her daddy is her hero. But unlike most kids, Chloe has never met her dad.
Continue reading "Military families the focus of fallen Marine family brunch" »
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press
Posted: 06/14/2012 12:47:12 PM PDT
Updated: 06/14/2012 04:27:07 PM PDT
MINNEAPOLIS—A Minnesota Marine who was killed in Afghanistan never took a day of his life for granted, his 20-year-old wife said Thursday.
Continue reading "Young widow says Minn. Marine had passion for life" »
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jun 14, 2012 18:54:57 EDT
The ferocious fighting that the men of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, encountered during their 2010-11 deployment to Afghanistan with Regimental Combat Team 2 — and the valor with which they fought — has been hailed yet again with an award for “extraordinary heroism” in combat.
Article by: PAUL WALSH , Star Tribune Updated: June 14, 2012 - 10:35 AM
A 21-year-old Marine from Andover, married three months ago to his high school sweetheart shortly before his deployment, was killed in combat Wednesday in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Thursday.
Continue reading "Marine from Andover, a newlywed, killed in Afghanistan" »
Wednesday - 6/13/2012, 1:01pm ET
Meera Pal, wtop.com
WASHINGTON - Before he died, 12-year-old Cody Green achieved his dream of becoming a United States Marine.
Continue reading "Boy made honorary Marine before he dies" »
Serving in Afghanistan, Anthony Servin, of Moreno Valley, had just re-enlisted before he was killed
BY DAVID KECK
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]
Published: 10 June 2012 06:25 PM
A Marine corporal from Moreno Valley killed in combat in Afghanistan last week loved the Corps and had just re-enlisted, his aunt said Sunday, June 10.
BY CAROL ROEHM Commercial-News
June 10, 2012
COVINGTON, Ind. — Family and friends gathered Sunday afternoon at Covington High School to remember the life of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Witsman.
Continue reading "Family, friends gather to remember fallen Marine" »
By TINA REED Staff Writer
Posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:00 am | Updated: 12:25 am, Sat Jun 2, 2012.
A 22-year-old Marine from Edgewater was killed on Memorial Day while serving in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense said this week.
Continue reading "Family mourns Marine killed in Afghanistan " »
Story by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | 1st Marine Division | Date: 05.28.2012
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan—As the blistering sun sets, disappearing in the horizon, a solemn wind of silence breezes through the dusky sky along with the first hints of cool evening air here at this remotely located operating base in Helmand province at precisely 7:12 p.m., May 28, 2012.
Continue reading "Memorial Day for Marines at Afghanistan’s Helmand post honors fallen warriors" »
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Associated Press
Posted: 05/28/2012 06:35:04 AM PDT
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marine Sgt. William Stacey was killed earlier this year by a homemade bomb in southern Afghanistan, a tragedy for which he prepared by writing a letter to his family explaining why he was fighting that was to be read in the event of his death.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine's letter marks Memorial Day in Kabul" »
Staff. Sgt. Joseph Fankhauser was killed in Afghanistan last month when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. 'We live with death' in Explosive Ordnance Disposal, his wife, Heather, says.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
May 27, 2012
CAMP PENDLETON — Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Fankhauser had been inAfghanistan'svolatile Helmand province for barely two weeks when he stepped on what the military calls an improvised explosive device. He was on his fifth combat deployment.
Continue reading "For Marine's widow, Memorial Day has extra meaning" »
By LILY BURANA
May 25, 2012, 12:38 pm
Memorial Day. The unofficial kickoff to summer. Barbecues sizzling. Lawn sprinklers hissing. Local marching bands tooting out Sousa. Red, white, and blue bunting hanging from the porch railings, and on TV, someone begins a recitation of Lt. Col. John McCrae’s classic poem: In Flanders field, the poppies blow/Between the crosses row on row …
Continue reading "As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt" »
Published: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 8:20 PM
By Nicole Dungca, The Oregonian
Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey was just weeks away from a new chapter of his life.
The gifts had been registered at Bed, Bath & Beyond, and the invitations had been sent: In July, the 22-year-old planned to marry Brittany Dygert, a local hair stylist whom he met through his mother.
After more than a decade of war, remarkable men and women are still stepping forward.
By TOM MANION
May 24, 2012, 7:09 p.m. ET
I served in the military for 30 years. But it was impossible to fully understand the sacrifices of our troops and their families until April 29, 2007, the day my son, First Lt. Travis Manion, was killed in Iraq.
Continue reading "Tom Manion: Why They Serve—'If Not Me, Then Who?'" »
By Allen G. Breed - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday May 26, 2012 11:25:43 EDT
Most people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others. As a member of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors’ “run & remember team,” the New Mexico Army National Guard officer has participated in 20 races.
Continue reading "Memorial Day: Remembering fallen of two wars" »
By Amy Roberts and Lindsey Knight, CNN Library
updated 7:37 AM EDT, Sat May 26, 2012
Washington (CNN) -- As the country heads into the Memorial Day weekend, there are still almost 1.5 million U.S soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines deployed in war zones or combat missions worldwide, and the 3,000th coalition service member, a U.S. sailor, has died in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "By the numbers: Veterans and Memorial Day" »
By Jillian Petrus, Reporter
Story Created: May 26, 2012
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Every Memorial Day volunteers, families, service men and women place 1500 small flags at the graves of veterans in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Those, flags mark the graves of men and women who bravely served our country.
Continue reading "Volunteers Place Flags at Cemetery for Veterans" »
Families meet for closure and stories
By Julie Schimmelpfennig
Pekin Daily Times
Posted May 25, 2012 @ 09:46 PM
PEKIN, Ill. —
A mother’s love never ends.
Published May 22, 2012
FoxNews.com
Taylor Swift offered condolences to the family of a marine killed in action by sending flowers to his home and calling his parents.
Continue reading "Taylor Swift sends flowers, condolences to family of marine killed in action" »
Monday, May 21, 2012
By Beth Ford Roth
Country music superstar Taylor Swift plans to honor fallen Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Wade Wilson by wearing his dog tags in her next music video.
Continue reading "Taylor Swift To Honor Fallen Camp Pendleton Marine In New Video " »
Story by Kenneth Jasik | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 05.18.2012
Date Posted: 05.21.2012 00:45
FORWARD OPERATING BASE EDINBUROUGH, Afghanistan – Marines gathered to remember and celebrate the life of a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, May 18.
Continue reading "Marine, leader, friend remembered during memorial" »
By Hannah Poturalski, Staff Writer Updated 6:08 PM Tuesday, May 15, 2012
SHARONVILLE — On what would have been his 26th birthday, friends and family of Sgt. John Patrick “J.P.” Huling gathered for his funeral.
Continue reading "Marine remembered at funeral for ‘determination’" »
Attacker wore Afghan Army uniform
7:55 PM, May. 7, 2012
Written by
Jennifer Edwards Baker and Janice Morse
WEST CHESTER TWP. — A local Marine was killed by someone “wearing an Afghan National Army uniform” – a person supposed to be an ally of U.S. forces – the Department of Defense confirmed Monday.
By Chris Blake - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday May 7, 2012 9:13:11 EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan soldier killed one Marine and wounded another before being shot to death in return fire in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners blamed on government forces working with coalition troops.
Continue reading "Marine killed by man in Afghan army uniform" »
.Mason grad killed in 5th deployment
By Laurel L. Scott
Posted April 27, 2012 at 7:58 p.m.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Paul Smith, dean of students for Mason ISD, remembers Joseph Fankhauser because of the FBI visit.
Staff report
Posted : Friday Apr 27, 2012 9:38:17 EDT
An operator with Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command will posthumously receive the Silver Star for life-saving heroism in Badghis province, Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Fallen MARSOC operator awarded Silver Star" »
4/25/2012 By Cpl. Reece Lodder , Regimental Combat Team 5
COMBAT OUTPOST TORBERT, Afghanistan — The small combat outpost, surrounded by open desert and tiny farming villages in southern Helmand province’s Garmsir district, is the quietest it’s been since December 2010.
Continue reading "Preserving a Marine's sacrifice: The evolution of Combat Outpost Torbert " »
Story by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division | Date: 04.24.2012
COMBAT OUTPOST DULUTH, Afghanistan – U.S. Marines and sailors with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, formed a line in front of a battlefield cross, assembled in honor of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, a dog handler and mortarman who served with Weapons Company, after the conclusion of his memorial service here, April 22.
Continue reading "Marines and sailors remember caring, fearless brother in Marjah" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Mark Garcia | Regimental Combat Team 6 | Date: 04.19.2012
COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan -- On a hot Friday morning, more than 100 Marines gathered to honor Cpl. Alex Martinez, a fallen comrade, during a memorial ceremony, April 13.
Story by 2nd Lt. Joshua Larson | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 04.18.2012
OFF THE COAST OF MOROCCO – Marines and sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group gathered together to honor Cpl. Derek Kerns and Cpl. Robby Reyes during a memorial ceremony aboard the USS Iwo Jima April 18.
Continue reading "24th Marine Expeditionary Unit honors fallen Marines while at sea" »
By Emily McFarlan ~ [email protected] April 14, 2012 8:34PM
Life Changers International Church in Hoffman Estates is the church Julianna Martinez, now 22, has attended since she was 12 or 13 years old, according to Pastor Gregory Dickow.
Continue reading "Family, friends, community say goodbye to Elgin Marine" »
Texan awarded medal posthumously at Ellington Field
By Lindsay Wise
Updated 10:00 p.m., Saturday, April 14, 2012
Rows of Marines snapped to attention at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base Saturday afternoon to honor the bravery of a 26-year-old staff sergeant from Arlington who lost his life in Afghanistan last year.
Continue reading "Family accepts Bronze Star for fallen Marine" »
It's a solemn day for the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, as it remembers comrades killed on a recent deployment to Afghanistan.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2012
CAMP PENDLETON — After the formal ceremony was over, after the traditional order to "honor the dead" had been given, Marines and family members approached what are called battlefield crosses: individual displays of boots, dog tags, pictures and inverted rifles.
Continue reading "Camp Pendleton honors five fallen Marines" »
Procession, service planned for Elgin native killed in Afghanistan
By Michelle Stoffel, Chicago Tribune reporter
April 13, 2012
Alex Martinez was above all shy; a quietly motivated man, beloved by his friends and family and totally dedicated to his duty as a U.S. Marine, said his wife, Juliana Martinez.
By Haidee V. Eugenio
Reporter
Friday, April 13, 2012
A 21-year-old Marine from the CNMI was killed while on combat patrol in Afghanistan on Wednesday, bringing to 16 the number of Commonwealth sons and daughters who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the wars against terror since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Written by
Dave Bohrer
11:31 PM, Apr. 12, 2012
A man sobbed uncontrollably, doubled over on the sidewalk Tuesday night as the last of Cpl. Christopher D. Bordoni's flag-draped casket escorted by Marines in their crisp dress blues disappeared through the doors of Bangs Funeral Home on the other side of Green Street.
Continue reading "Marine's gift to Ithaca comes at a huge price" »
Story by Cpl. Benjamin Crilly | 1st Marine Division | Date: 04.12.2012
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Five 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marines were memorialized by their fellow comrades, friends and family during a memorial service at San Mateo, April 12.
Continue reading "‘The Magnificent Bastards’ remember fallen brothers" »
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 12, 2012 9:21:15 EDT
Two Marines were killed and two severely injured in the crash of an MV-22 Osprey during a training exercise in southern Morocco, the Marine Corps confirmed Wednesday.
Continue reading "Official: Osprey crashed after Marines unloaded" »
Posted: Wed 10:53 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Updated: Thu 10:17 AM, Apr 12, 2012
The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune is releasing more information about the deadly Osprey crash in Morocco Wednesday, including confirming the two killed were from the New River Air Station.
Continue reading "Two New River Marines Killed In Osprey Crash" »
Story by Sgt. Michael Cifuentes | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division | Date: 04.11.2012
COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, Afghanistan – “It’s going to be a little quiet and boring the rest of the deployment now … without his jokes and all the other stuff he gets us into.”
Continue reading "Marines salute fallen brother in Khan Neshin district" »
8:50 PM, Apr. 8, 2012
Ithaca -- When the Marine Corps honor guard presents the folded flag to Cpl. Christopher Bordoni's widow, Jesse, the guard will do so on behalf of the president, the Marine Corps commandant and a grateful nation.
Continue reading "Ithaca Marine's funeral will follow time-honored tradition" »
BY HUNTER CLAUSS Staff Reporter [email protected] April 7, 2012 12:38AM
A U.S. Marine from northwest suburban Elgin died in Afghanistan while “conducting combat operations,” the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday.
Continue reading "Elgin man who was ‘proud to be a Marine’ killed in Afghanistan" »
By Peter Nickeas
Tribune reporter
11:29 p.m. CDT, April 6, 2012
A 21-year-old Marine from Elgin died Thursday during his second deployment to Afghanistan, according to his family and the United States Department of Defense.
Benefit dinner for family will go on, organizer says
Written by
Rachel Stern and Matt Hayes
7:20 PM, Apr. 4, 2012
Ithaca -- Christopher D. Bordoni, the Ithaca Marine corporal who was critically injured in Afghanistan, died Tuesday night. He was 21.
Continue reading "Ithaca Marine, 21, dies of wounds from Afghanistan" »
Story by Sgt. Brian Tuthill | Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay | Date: 03.30.2012
MARINE CORP BASE, Hawaii - Nearly 100 Marines, sailors, family members and friends gathered today to honor six Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 who were killed Jan. 19 when their CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter went down in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine helicopter squadron honors six killed in Afghanistan" »
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Last updated: Wednesday March 28, 2012, 7:13 PM
BY JODI WEINBERGER
WALDWICK SUBURBAN NEWS
NorthJersey.com
Sgt. Joseph D'Augustine of the U.S. Marine Corps was killed in Afghanistan this week. He was 29.
Story by Lance Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | Regimental Combat Team 6 | Date: 03.23.2012
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELARAM II, Afghanistan - “Every corpsman wants to be out there to help protect and save the Marines that we serve with,” said Petty Officer 1st Class George Fricke, leading petty officer, Regimental Aid Station, Regimental Combat Team 6.
Continue reading "Fallen Corpsman honored for service, sacrifice" »
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 21, 2012 11:28:09 EDT
Navy officials acknowledged they are reviewing new evidence in the valor case of Sgt. Rafael Peralta, but stopped short of describing the review as a “reopening” of the investigation.
Continue reading "Navy: Not so fast on reopening Peralta probe" »
Police use military records to track down the identity of a man found dead in a carport in 1974. The man, Oral Alfred Stuart Jr., was reported absent without authorization from Camp Pendleton 12 days after his body was found.
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
March 20, 2012
For 37 years, the identity of a young man beaten to death in an carport in Long Beach remained a mystery.
Continue reading "After 37 years, Long Beach slaying victim ID'd as Marine" »
By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published: March 19, 2012 - 12:18 AM
CHAGRIN FALLS: It came to Tom Patrick Kindt Hubbard in 1998 while reading to his 2-year-old son, Calvin.
Tom Sileo
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Earlier this year, Cpl. Philip McGeath was still alive. Today his smile is a cherished memory to his grieving mother.
By Robert Burns - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Mar 16, 2012 8:59:55 EDT
WASHINGTON — An Afghan soldier shot to death a 22-year-old Marine at an outpost in southwestern Afghanistan last month in a previously undisclosed case of apparent Afghan treachery that marked at least the seventh killing of an American military member by his supposed ally in the past six weeks, Marine officials said.
Continue reading "Marine was shot by Afghan soldier: officials" »
By Jim Sheeler
Special to The Denver Post
Posted: 03/16/2012 01:00:00 AM MDT
Updated: 03/16/2012 10:54:49 AM MDT
From his perch at his regular table in the Red Robin restaurant in Lakewood, the 85-year-old man noticed a uniformed young Marine eating alone. As Jack Hallowell finished his meal, he motioned discreetly to the bartender.
Continue reading "WWII veteran, historian Jack Hallowell dies at 91" »
By Jeannie Nuss - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Mar 11, 2012 16:29:13 EDT
PRESCOTT, Ark. — When their older brother Jeremy died in Afghanistan, Ben and Beau Wise did what loyal brothers and soldiers do. They stood solemnly in uniform at his memorial, laid red roses in front of his picture, and Ben spoke bravely to a chapel full of loved ones who came to mourn.
Continue reading "Family copes with loss of sons in Afghanistan" »
Staff report
10:55 a.m. CST, March 9, 2012
Holding American flags under a crisp blue sky, family and friends of a fallen Marine lined the streets on the Southwest Side this morning to pay their respects as his body was carried in a procession from Midway Airport.
Continue reading "Solemn procession and Taps for fallen Marine" »
Circling the Wagons
March 7th, 2012 // By Phyllis McGeath as told to Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers
I know what it means to be a Marine mom. I’ve been one since 2008 when my oldest son, Philip, enlisted. Since then, two more of my seven children have become Marines. But this past January, every Marine mom’s nightmare became my reality – I lost a child. On Jan. 18, 2012 my oldest son Philip was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. My life changed forever.
By Sig Christenson
Updated 11:56 p.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2012
As burials go, the one for Albert Lee Renfro and Everardo Alvarez-Lara on a misty Wednesday was sad in ways other funerals are not.
Continue reading "Homeless veterans receive final salute ex-GIs deserve" »
West Beverly family is shaken
By Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune reporter
March 3, 2012
The last time Grace Lavin saw her brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Conner Lowry, it was via an Internet video call in January. From somewhere in Afghanistan, he teared up as they talked, looking very much like he missed home, she said.
BY SUSAN DEMAR LAFFERTY [email protected] March 1, 2012 10:40PM
Grace Lavin came home from school Thursday to see three U.S. Marines gathered around her mom. Instinctively, she knew what had happened and she screamed.
Continue reading "Beverly man killed in Afghanistan: ‘His heart was as big as he was’" »
TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. February 27, 2012 (AP)
The Marine Corps says a Marine who died after collapsing at a California training base was from West Virginia.
Continue reading "W. Va. Marine Dies During Calif. Desert Training" »
By Jaimee Rose and Michelle Ye Hee Lee, The Arizona Republic
February 25, 2012
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – They walk to fallen soldiers' front doors in pairs, crisp and dark in their military dress blues: one officer, one chaplain.
Continue reading "Grim task: Informing families in Marine copter crash" »
By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, February 24, 7:29 PM
SAN DIEGO — The Marine Corps has released the names of the seven Marines killed in the deadliest aviation training accident in years.
The dead were listed Friday as Maj. Thomas A. Budrejko, 37, of Montville, Conn.; Capt. Michael M. Quin, 28, of Purcellville, Va.; Capt. Benjamin N. Cerniglia, 31, of Montgomery, Ala.; Sgt. Justin A. Everett, 33, of Clovis, Calif.; Lance Cpl. Corey A. Little, 25, of Marietta, Ga; Lance Cpl. Nickoulas H. Elliott, 21, of Spokane, Wash. and Capt. Nathan W. Anderson, 32, of Amarillo, Texas.
By Dustin Gardiner and Richard Ruelas - The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic
Posted : Friday Feb 24, 2012 7:45:23 EST
YUMA -The remote areas surrounding this Marine Corps town are favored for helicopter training, in part, because the desert landscape resembles that of war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Continue reading "Marines search for answers after fatal training collision" »
Staff report
Posted : Thursday Feb 23, 2012 9:38:13 EST
Seven Marines were killed Wednesday after two light-attack helicopters collided during nighttime training at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Marine officials said.
Continue reading "7 Pendleton Marines killed in helo collision" »
By Associated Press, Thursday, February 23
SAN DIEGO — A collision that killed seven Marines in one of the Marine Corps’ deadliest aviation training accidents in years occurred over a sprawling desert range favored by the U.S. military because its craggy mountains and hot, dusty conditions are similar to Afghanistan’s harsh environment.
Story by Capt. Roger Hollenbeck | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | Date: 02.18.2012
ARABIAN SEA – All hands celebrated the life and service of Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyler L. Estrada during a memorial service aboard USS Makin Island Feb. 17.
By Sam Fellman - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 15, 2012 15:26:21 EST
The three latest destroyers will be named for Navy and Marine Corps heroes from Pearl Harbor, Vietnam and the Iraq war, the Navy announced in a statement Wednesday.
Continue reading "Navy names destroyer for Rafael Peralta" »
Story by Staff Sgt. Robert Storm | Regimental Combat Team 6 | Date: 02.07.2012
FORWARD OPERATING BASE NOW ZAD, Helmand province, Afghanistan - The Marines stand at attention. War-toughened sergeants shout out “here” as their name is called. Leading the formation, 1stSgt Andrew Golding, 45, weapons company first sergeant, from Fort Lauderdale, Fl. calls the roll.
February 6, 2012 | 10:11 AM | By Beth Ford Roth
Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. William Stacey was killed January 31 by an IED while on foot patrol in Afghanistan. Last week Home Post shared a war correspondent’s memories of the 23-year-old sergeant. Lawrence Dabney had been embedded with Stacey’s squad in Afghanistan. Dabney wrote of Stacey:
Sgt. Stacey was as special as they come. He had a bright and concentrated flame within him that could cut through stone. It spelled death and failure for his enemies and gave life to his comrades.
Continue reading "Family Releases Camp Pendleton Marine’s Final Letter (Video)" »
February 05, 2012
Associated Press
COLEVILLE, Calif. -- A woman killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the 31-year-old wife of a U.S. Marine, and a mother of two from Hudson, Iowa, military officials said late Saturday.
Continue reading "Marine's Wife Killed in Housing Explosion" »
By ERIKA I. RITCHIE / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Feb. 3, 2012 Updated: 5:13 p.m.
LAKE FOREST – At 7, Cpl. Christopher Singer knew he wanted to be a Marine, his mother told more than 1,000 gathered at Saddleback Church on Friday.
Continue reading "Family, friends say farewell to fallen Marine" »
By Alexandra Ludka
Feb 3, 2012 2:11pm
Sgt. William Stacey joined the Marines in January 2007, completing a total of five deployments. He was scheduled to return home from his final deployment in Afghanistan this spring.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine’s Last Words: ‘It Was All Worth it’" »
Filed Thu, Feb 2, 2012 by Scott Engle
Hundreds turned out for to say good bye to Cpl. Joey Logan Wednesday afternoon at the North Montgomery County Community Center in Willis. Once again the streets were lined procession route with flags as many stood silent, some saluting others hands on their hearts as the hearse passes by them.
By Erik Lacitis
Seattle Times staff reporter
Originally published February 1, 2012 at 9:32 PM | Page modified February 2, 2012 at 5:07 PM
On Tuesday morning at 7:30, Bob Stacey was heading out the door of his Roosevelt home to take his daughter, Anna, 16, to school and then head off to work.
Continue reading "Seattle Marine killed Jan. 31 in Afghanistan made his mark" »
Marine Cpl. Michael W. Ouellette
Died March 22, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
28, of Manchester, N.H.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died March 22 in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Also killed was Cpl. Anthony L. Williams.
Demond Fernandez
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Hundreds came out in Montgomery County Wednesday to honor a Willis Marine killed in action.
Continue reading "Family, friends gather at funeral for fallen Marine from Willis" »
2/1/2012 By Cpl. Justin M. Boling , 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Fwd)
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan — A newly constructed chapel at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, was dedicated in a ceremony, Jan. 31, to Marines who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country.
Continue reading "Afghanistan chapel dedicated to fallen Marines " »
Filed Mon, Jan 30, 2012 by Scott Engle
As scheduled the private jet carrying Cpl. Joseph Logan arrived at Bush International Airport at 10 a.m. Monday morning. As the family sat on the tarmac facing the aircraft as it taxied in Houston Police, Patriot Guard, Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies, Precinct 2 and Precinct 3 deputies stood at attention. Houston Fire Department with their airport crash trucks positioned themselves and created an arch of water as the aircraft passed under it.
Continue reading "THOUSANDS LINE THE ROADS AS MARINE HERO RETURNS" »
By Keith Rogers
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Jan. 25, 2012 | 8:43 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2012 | 8:40 a.m.
Forty-five minutes before President Barack Obama landed at McCarran International Airport, the remains of fallen Marine Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman arrived at Nellis Air Force Base, where his grief-struck family waited.
CALEB HUTTON; THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Published: 01/25/12 5:01 pm | Updated: 01/26/12 9:18 am
A public motorcade is tentatively scheduled for Saturday afternoon, Jan. 28, in honor of a U.S. Marine from Ferndale who died last week in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Motorcade, public memorial this weekend for fallen Marine from Ferndale " »
Story by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 01.24.2012
CAMP BASTIAN, Afghanistan -- The Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 filled the pews of a small chapel at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, to bid farewell to six fallen brothers, Jan. 24.
Continue reading "Marines in Afghanistan honor brethren killed in helicopter crash" »
By AARON CLAVERIE [email protected] | Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:15 pm
U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Singer, 23, a Chaparral High School graduate, died Saturday after he was shot while serving in Afghanistan, a family member said Monday.
Continue reading "Marine corporal, a former Chaparral High grad, killed in action " »
McHone was inspiration to work hard, "always wanted to be the best he could"
By KATIE ANDERSON - [email protected]
Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST
CRYSTAL LAKE – To his classmates and former coaches at Crystal Lake South High School, “Nate” McHone always will be an inspiration to work hard at whatever task sits before you.
Continue reading "Classmates, teachers remember Crystal Lake Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
January 21, 2012 4:29 AM
HOPE HODGE - DAILY NEWS STAFF
It has been eight-and-a-half years since Jary and Sheryl Kleiboeker received word that their son, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Nicholas Kleiboeker, of 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, was killed by an exploding munitions bunker near Al Hillah, Iraq on May 13, 2003, becoming the first unit casualty from the Wars on Terror. For other families who joined the Kleiboekers at the battalion’s headquarters on Friday, only a year had passed since the dreaded knock of a casualty assistance officer.
Continue reading "2nd CEB holds memorial service for 26 fallen members" »
Updated: Friday, 20 Jan 2012, 9:26 PM MST
Published : Friday, 20 Jan 2012, 9:26 PM MST
PHOENIX - When you are out and about this weekend, you'll noticed that flags around town and across the state are lowered to half staff.
Continue reading " Flags Ordered at Half-Staff for Cpl. McGeath" »
AP Newswire
Jan 17, 3:05 AM EST
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- The U.S. Navy is expected to present its highest honor to the California family of a 20-year-old Marine killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan after helping his fellow Marines get out of harm's way.
Continue reading "Calif. family of fallen Marine to get Navy Cross " »
Local man had spoken to family hour before
By George L. Winship Anderson Valley Post
Posted January 3, 2012 at 11 p.m.
A 24-year-old Navy petty officer from Anderson has died in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan.
By Gregg Zoroya
USA Today
Published: January 4, 2012
COLLINSVILLE, Okla. - Jane Horton wears a small Gold Star pin honoring her husband, Christopher, who was killed by Taliban gunfire four months ago.
Continue reading "Military's Gold Star families often feel disconnected" »
Posted: Jan 03, 2012 8:43 PM CST Updated: Jan 03, 2012 8:43 PM CST
SANTA MARIA - Fellow Marines are reaching out to the family of a Marine drill instructor who was killed over the weekend in a car crash in Santa Maria.
Continue reading "Guadalupe Mourns Marine Killed in Car Crash" »
By Jim Warren — [email protected] Posted: 12:00am on Jan 2, 2012; Modified: 2:34pm on Jan 2, 2012
When 21-year Army veteran Floyd E. Douglas was laid to rest at Mill Springs National Cemetery in Pulaski County last month, 17 men and women, all veterans wearing the uniforms of the various military services, were there to render full military honors.
Continue reading "Volunteer honor guard makes sure veterans get the proper final salute" »
Tina Hay
December 20, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Yesterday I heard from Maj. Erik Orient ’99, a Penn State Naval ROTC instructor who knew Sam Griffith ’97, the Marine officer killed in Afghanistan last Wednesday.
By Chris Chase
Mon Dec 19 10:53am EST
Marine Scott Wood died four weeks ago after suffering injuries during combat in Iraq. Before his burial, his wife dressed him in two uniforms. On the outside, Scott wore his military dress blues. Underneath, he wore the blue No. 80 jersey of Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson.
Continue reading "Texans surprise Marine’s widow and son with a new house" »
By Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times
Published: December 18, 2011
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - For most of America, the war in Iraq officially ended last week with a speech-laden ceremony in Baghdad.
Continue reading "For Marine's widow, Iraq war will never be truly over" »
By Chris Vaughn
[email protected]
Posted Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011
Of the hundreds of men and women who will receive their college degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington tonight in front of family and friends, only one will be represented onstage by his wife and his mother.
Continue reading "Family to accept UT Arlington degree on behalf of slain Marine" »
Operation Iraqi Freedom officially ended Thursday, Dec. 15
By Ashley Gordon and Gordon Tokumatsu
| Friday, Dec 16, 201
Lisa Anderson’s daily life had to move past the personal tragedy she faced in 2004 when her oldest son Marine LCpl Nicholas Anderson was killed in action in Iraq.
By Cynthia Roldan
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 7:52 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, 2011
Posted: 6:13 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
Two U.S. Marines knocked on Kathleen Bischoff's door in Jupiter Wednesday morning, there to inform her that her only son, Maj. Sam Griffith, had been shot and killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Jupiter mother: Marine reservist killed in Afghanistan 'lived by faith'" »
Posted: Dec 15, 2011 4:09 PM by Judy Slate
Updated: Dec 16, 2011 11:47 AM
The community is rallying around a Bozeman family that lost almost everything in a fire that ripped through their rental home on Wednesday.
Continue reading "Community rallying around Bozeman family struck by tragedy" »
FOX8 Staff Writer
9:52 a.m. EST, December 14, 2011
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP)—
The mother of a local marine shot in Afghanistan visited FOX8 on Wednesday to talk about the ultimate sacrifice her son made to protect his country.
Continue reading "Mother of Fallen Marine: "He paid the ultimate price for our freedom."" »
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Dec 11, 2011 10:20:21 EST
ARLINGTON, Va. — Volunteers honored veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday with a massive effort to lay tens of thousands of holiday wreaths at their tombstones.
Continue reading "Volunteers lay 90,000 wreaths at Arlington" »
By Eric D. Lawrence
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer
Dec. 7, 2011
Marine Staff Sgt. Vincent Bell didn't make it home as often as he wanted, so his family relished his visit during the first week of October.
Continue reading "Michigan family reeling from beloved Marine's death in Afghanistan" »
By Clarke Canfield - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 5, 2011 9:13:37 EST
PORTLAND, Maine — Twenty years ago, wreath company owner Morrill Worcester and a dozen other people laid 5,000 wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. It was Worcester's way of giving thanks to the nation's veterans with leftover unsold wreaths.
Continue reading "100K wreaths headed to Arlington Cemetery" »
Grieving family gathers at McNary Field as their fallen Marine comes home
Written by
Capi Lynn
Statesman Journal
11:52 PM, Dec. 4, 2011
Marine Cpl. Adam Buyes was welcomed home Sunday during a somber but stately ceremony on a flag-lined tarmac at McNary Field, eight days after he was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine receives a hero's welcome" »
By Paul Thissen
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 11/30/2011 11:04:09 AM PST
Updated: 11/30/2011 09:24:00 PM PST
DANVILLE -- It was barely two months after he arrived in Afghanistan and just a few weeks before his 20th birthday. Lance Cpl. Joshua "Chachi" Corral died a Marine; it was what he had long dreamed of becoming.
Continue reading "Funeral for fallen Danville Marine draws nearly 1,800 mourners" »
Published: Monday, November 28, 2011, 7:37 PM
By Ray Whitehouse, The Oregonian
A 21-year-old Marine from Salem has died while fighting in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Salem Marine Cpl. Adam Buyes dies in combat in Afghanistan" »
Staff report | Posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:00 pm
PRESTON, Iowa — Those who knew Cpl. Zach Reiff remembered him Tuesday as a young man who loved his family and was proud to serve his country.
Continue reading "Marine from Preston dies from injuries in Afghanistan " »
By Rick Hurd
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 11/19/2011 04:57:37 PM PST
Updated: 11/19/2011 09:01:02 PM PST
When Joshua Corral dedicated his life to serving his country, he took many friends with him.
Continue reading "Danville mourns Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Story by Cpl. Reece Lodder | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division | Date: 11.15.2011
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELHI, Helmand province, Afghanistan — Since 2006, coalition forces have fought to bring security and stability to the once insurgent-heavy Garmsir district. Five years later, coalition forces are near transitioning control of the district to the local government.
Continue reading "Lest we forget: remembrance service honors Garmsir fallen" »
November 11, 2011
To honor the memory of four Marine comrades killed in Iraq and to show respect for all military personnel sent to foreign lands, a small but determined group trudged up a steep hill at Camp Pendleton on Friday morning as the nation observed Veterans Day.
Continue reading "Marines erect cross on Veterans Day to honor fallen comrades" »
By Raymond Castile > [email protected] | Posted: Friday, November 11, 2011
Phillip Vinnedge's dream of becoming a Marine began when he was 10 years old, watching the World Trade Center collapse on television.
Continue reading "School honors St. Charles County Marine killed in Afghanistan " »
Rene Lynch
November 11, 2011
Veterans Day is one of 10 federally recognized holidays. But if you stopped the proverbial man on the street and asked him to name all the federal holidays, it's likely he'd tick off Christmas and New Year's and the Fourth of July and a few others before he got around to Veterans Day.
By Deborah Donovan
Article updated: 11/11/2011
Katie Stack will always be part of the U.S. Marines, even though the young widow and all of Lance Cpl. James Bray Stack's family know better than anyone the terrible price membership in this fraternity can extract.
Continue reading "Arlington Heights Marine's family marks year since his death" »
Story by Cpl. Meredith Brown | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 11.11.2011
CAMP BASTION, Helmand province, Afghanistan – At the 11th hour on Nov. 11, 1918, the armistice was signed between the allied forces and Germany to end World War I. Today, the 11th of November serves as a national holiday in many of the allied countries throughout the world.
Continue reading "Marines join UK partners for Remembrance Day ceremony" »
Written by
Lindsay Ruebens
11:00 PM, Nov. 8, 2011
Lance Cpl. Travis M. Nelson loved the outdoors.
Continue reading "Bratt Park renamed for fallen Marine Travis Nelson" »
Lance corporal, graduate of St. Patrick High in Chicago returned to alma mater to help coach football team
By John P. Huston, Chicago Tribune reporter
November 8, 2011
Before Nick Daniels deployed to Afghanistan, the Marine lance corporal and his fiancee began making plans for their future together once he returned.
Continue reading "Fallen Elmwood Park Marine remembered for giving nature" »
By: Jim Cook
Published: November 05, 2011
Every day is a good day, even this one.
Continue reading "Ashford mourns Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
A somber memorial service pays tribute to troops from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment who recently died in the continuing fight for the Taliban stronghold of Sangin.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
November 5, 2011
Reporting from Camp Pendleton—
The rain and cold were appropriate. "Somber weather for a somber occasion," the battalion commander said.
Continue reading "Camp Pendleton remembers, mourns 17 Marines killed in Afghanistan" »
--Tony Perry at Camp Pendleton
November 5, 2011
They were young -- all in their 20s -- but different from many in their generation.
Continue reading "Respect, tears at memorial for 17 Marines killed in Afghanistan" »
BY ERIKA I. RITCHIE / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Nov. 4, 2011
CAMP PENDLETON – Seventeen battlefield crosses with photos of the fallen warriors stood in front of two formations of Marines on the parade deck at Camp San Mateo.
Continue reading "Pendleton Marines remembered for ultimate sacrifice" »
Camp Pendleton battalion served in Sangin
By Gretel C. Kovach7:33 P.M.NOV. 4, 2011
Lance Cpl. Joshua B. McDaniels, a 21-year-old Marine combat engineer from Dublin, Ohio, had the most dangerous job in what has been the most dangerous area of Afghanistan for international troops: walking point on patrol, sweeping for bombs in the insurgent minefields of Sangin.
Continue reading "Marines remember the fallen in Afghanistan" »
The public is invited to the service
Thursday, Nov 3, 2011
A memorial service has been planned in San Jose for a U.S. Marine from Milpitas who was killed in Afghanistan last week.
Continue reading "Funeral For South Bay Marine Open to Public" »
By ANDY KRAVETZ ([email protected])
of the Journal Star
Posted Nov 02, 2011 @ 12:18 PM
Last update Nov 03, 2011 @ 11:38 AM
Only the sound of flags flapping could be heard Wednesday morning in downtown Pekin as a funeral procession of well more than 200 cars and motorcycles escorted Lance Cpl. Jordan Bastean to his final resting place.
Continue reading "Thousands pay tribute to fallen Pekin Marine" »
By Stephanie Siegel
[email protected]
11/2/11
Scott “Boots” Harper of Douglasville is remembered by friends and family for his smile, his warmth and his love for his friends.
Continue reading "Young Marine remembered for bravery, friendship" »
Volunteers help spread 1,100 American flags along procession route for Pekin Marine Jordan Bastean
By Eric Engel
of the Journal Star
Posted Oct 30, 2011 @ 10:55 PM
Last update Oct 31, 2011 @ 02:37 PM
Pekin —
With heavy hearts, volunteers gathered on Sunday afternoon to help honor the homecoming of Lance Cpl. Jordan S. Bastean.
Steve Bastean says his son, Jordan, inspired him to be best
By ANDY KRAVETZ ([email protected])
of the Journal Star
Posted Oct 28, 2011 @ 09:55 PM
Last update Oct 29, 2011 @ 10:53 AM
PEKIN —
Steve Bastean managed a smile when he remembered how his son, Jordan Bastean, returned his Jeep after a day of four-wheeling.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine's father: 'My son is my hero'" »
By Linda Goldston
[email protected]
Posted: 10/28/2011 08:03:53 PM PDT
Updated: 10/29/2011 04:31:06 AM PDT
Staff Sgt. Stephen Dunning tried to live a selfless life, a life that put him in danger to save the lives of others. He volunteered to be one of the Marines who dismantled the crude bombs insurgents laced along the treacherous trails of Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine Sgt. Stephen Dunning, of Milpitas, killed disarming bomb in Afghanistan" »
By Michael Smothers
Pekin Daily Times
Posted Oct 27, 2011
PEKIN, Ill. — Jordan Bastean’s family hopes those who wish to remember and honor their fallen family member will give to a cause that helps Bastean’s fellow U.S. Marines in Afghanistan.
By Michael Smothers
Pekin Daily Times
Posted Oct 25, 2011 @ 09:09 AM
PEKIN, Ill. —
Less than two years out of high school, Lance Cpl. Jordan S. Bastean of Pekin has been killed in combat conditions while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Story by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 10.25.2011
MUSA QAL’EH DISTRICT CENTER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines and sailors with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, attended a memorial service Oct. 13 to honor Lance Cpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt, 24, of San Antonio.
Continue reading "Marines honor fallen brother in Musa Qal’eh" »
By VINCE DEVLIN of the Missoulian | Posted: Sunday, October 23, 2011 6:45 am
This story - about a larger-than-life bronze memorial to be unveiled Friday, Nov. 4, on the University of Montana campus that honors the 40 Montanans who have sacrificed their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan - has to be, in large part, about David Bell.
Continue reading "UM grad's passion to honor fallen Montana soldiers coming to fruition" »
6:25 PM, Oct 20, 2011
Written by
11Alive Staff
Written by
Jerry Carnes
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - Thousands of people lined the streets of Douglas County in a silent salute to a 21-year-old Marine described as a defender of the underdog.
Tony Perry in San Diego
October 18, 2011 | 3:24 pm
When British forces had responsibility for clearing the Taliban stronghold in the Gereshk Valley in southern Afghanistan, the British press referred to the region as the "Valley of Death."
Continue reading "Marines return from Valley of Death; memorial planned" »
Benjamin Schmidt grew up in the public eye.
By Scott Huddleston
[email protected]
Updated 12:27 a.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friends and family members gathered Friday to honor a fallen Marine who grew up near the limelight, hanging out courtside at Spurs games and meeting the city's political and civic elite before he was old enough to vote.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine was part of ‘Spurs family'" »
The Times-Tribune
CORBIN — By Sarah Hogsed / Staff Writer
October 11, 2011
Tim Jackson, of Williamsburg, will never forget the sacrifice that thousands of United States service members have made in the current wars because his son is one of the Marines who paid with his life in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Father of fallen Marine founds state Honor and Remember flag chapter" »
-- Tony Perry in San Diego
October 10, 2011
Marine Sgt. Christopher Diaz, assigned to a battalion from Twentynine Palms, was one of the most experienced dog-handlers in the Marine Corps.
Continue reading "Dino attends his Marine master's memorial service" »
Written by
Michael King
4:07 PM, Oct 10, 2011
PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. -- In 2010, 21-year-old Jason Estopinal was killed in Afghanistan where he served as a Marine. The young man from Paulding County had a simple dream -- to get a Jeep when he came home.
Continue reading "Marine's dream comes true a year after his death" »
Published: Sunday, October 09, 2011, 9:30 PM
DAVISON, Michigan -- After handshakes, hugs and more than a few tears, Sandy Sprovtsoff Dutton made a path towards her car following a candlelight vigil in honor of her son, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Sprovtsoff Sunday night outside Davison City Hall.
By NEWS SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD
Posted October 6, 2011 at 4 a.m.
Frankie Watson could have been any young East Tennessean.
Continue reading "Marine's death touched region, reminds all of military's sacrifice" »
By George Jaksa | The Flint Journal
Published: Tuesday, October 04, 2011, 8:59 AM
DAVISON, Michigan — Funeral services will be held Thursday in Arlington, Va., for Nicholas Sprovtsoff, 28, a U.S. Marine staff sergeant from Davison who was killed in combat in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Davison Marine to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery" »
Monday, October 3, 2011
(10-03) 11:40 PDT Davison, Mich. (AP) --
A Marine from Michigan who was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan had a dedication to the military that went back to when he was a high school student, a former coach said.
Continue reading "Marine from Michigan remembered for dedication" »
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2011 11:22 am
AFGHANISTAN - A Marine from Twentynine Palms died in combat here Wednesday, the Department of Defense has announced.
Her husband didn’t return from Afghanistan, but his platoon made sure the symbol of their love did
By LINDSAY WISE, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Updated 10:59 p.m., Saturday, October 1, 2011
Sgt. Jared Hammonds frantically scanned an Afghan poppy field, searching for a glint of silver in the soil.
Continue reading "Marine's widow eternally grateful for ring's return" »
Friday, September 30, 2011
By Alexis Stevens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As a child, John Franklin Wimpey Cagle was full of energy and extremely loyal, his former youth pastor said Friday. That fierce loyalty to family and friends made him an ideal candidate for the Marines.
By Malcolm Hall
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Sep 28, 2011
CARROLLTON —
With American flags and hundreds of people posted along state Route 43, Marine Lance Cpl. Terry C. Wright made his final journey home from the Afghanistan war zone.
Monday, September 26, 2011 | 10:07 a.m. CDT; updated 12:12 p.m. CDT, Monday, September 26, 2011
BY Hilary Niles
COLUMBIA — Seventy-five star-emblazoned luminaries lit the paths to the island in Stephens Lake Park on Sunday night as military families and their supporters celebrated Gold Star Mother's Day in honor of mothers whose children died while serving their country.
Continue reading "Gold Star luminary ceremony honors mothers of soldiers killed in action" »
21-year-old Lance Corporal Franklyn Watson, from Vonore, was killed in action in Afghanistan.
Posted: 6:14 PM Sep 25, 2011
Reporter: Kate Burgess
VONORE, Tenn. (WVLT)--A local Marine from Vonore is dead, killed in action in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Franklyn "Frankie" Watson was with the 1/6 Alpha Company 2nd Marine Division sweeping for IED's when his unit was attacked. Watson was 21 years old.
Continue reading "Family and friends remember Monroe County Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Published: Friday, September 23, 2011
RICHLAND — Luminaries will be on display in driveways and porches around the United States on Sunday evening in honor of the mothers of men and women who have died in military service since World War I.
Continue reading "Luminary displays in Richland to mark Gold Star Mother's Day" »
Written by
John Boyle
9:38 PM, Sep. 23, 2011
WEST ASHEVILLE — With hundreds of words, preachers delivered carefully crafted, heartfelt eulogies about Cpl. Michael Dutcher at his funeral Friday.
Continue reading "Asheville's Cpl. Michael Dutcher laid to rest" »
Story by Cpl. Benjamin Crilly | Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division | Date: 09.22.2011
PATROL BASE FIRES, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Kind, passionate, resourceful, knowledgeable, humble and brave: those were just some of the words fellow Marines used to describe Cpl. Michael Dutcher during a memorial service for the Asheville, N.C., native at Patrol Base Fires, Sept. 20.
Continue reading "N.C. Marine honored in Afghanistan as a true leader, mentor, friend" »
MarineParents.com, Inc.
September 20, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MarineParents.com, Inc. is encouraging communities to recognize Gold Star Mothers and families this September 25 by displaying luminaries in front of residences. A Gold Star Mother is any woman who has lost a child in service to the US, but families of deceased are also recognized on this day.
Continue reading "Local Non-Profit Organizes Remembrance for Mothers of Fallen Troops" »
Resident Maria Bombace organizing remembrance for mothers of fallen soldiers on September 25, Gold Star Mother's Day
By James Kleimann
September 16, 2011
There's no way to overstate the loss of the brave soldiers who defend country never to return. Communities mourn and families grieve long after the fighting has ceased.
Published September 19, 2011 | Associated Press
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A helicopter that went down during a training exercise at Southern California's Camp Pendleton killed two Marines and set off a two-acre brush fire on the base on Monday.
Continue reading "Two Dead in Military Helicopter Crash at Camp Pendleton" »
Filed by Chronicle-Telegram Staff September 13th, 2011
LORAIN — A Lorain man who died from a roadside bomb while serving in the Marine Corps in Afghanistan in 2009 will be honored by having the portion of state Route 2 running through Lorain County named in his honor.
Continue reading "Road to be named for Marine who died in war" »
Story by Cpl. Benjamin Crilly | Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division | Date: 09.10.2011
SANGIN DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Aaron Denning always knew he wanted to become a Marine. He was just shy of a month into his freshman year at Royal High School and it was September of 2001. In a matter of days his life and the world changed forever.
Continue reading "10 years after 9/11: Marines, sailors honor victims, fallen brothers in Sangin" »
Dec. 16, 1990 - Sept. 7, 2011
MIDDLETOWN, Ind. — Chase Alan Wray, 20, resident of Middletown, passed away Sept. 7, 2011, at his home.
Five years after a gunshot changed his life, the author reflects on what a decade of war has cost Americans
By Justin Constantine
Sep 6 2011
I cry whenever I think of a memorial service I attended in Iraq. From the back of the hot, packed room next to the chaplain's office, I looked down the center aisle and saw six sets of boots, rifles, helmets, and dog tags. Six Americans had lost their lives defending their country. I had seen these Marines hug each other before heading out on patrol -- real hugs, as if they guessed they might not see each other again. They had been in Iraq for a while and knew how dangerous every mission was.
By CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writer
Published: 9/4/2011 2:21 AM
Last Modified: 9/4/2011 7:07 AM
All his life, Jared Shoemaker wanted to be part of a team.
Continue reading "Tulsa Marine, teammates gave their lives to save Iraqi child" »
Thursday, September 1, 2011
STEWART AIRPORT – Nearly three years after his death on October 27 2008, Captain Trevor Yurista of Pleasant Valley was awarded the National Intelligence Medal of Valor at the Stewart Air National Guard Base on Wednesday.
Continue reading "Dutchess Marine awarded posthumous Medal of Valor" »
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 31, 2011 19:04:08 EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s top veterans official said Wednesday that the state will keep helping pay for honor guards at veterans’ funeral, after word that the American Legion and other service groups would seek new sources of funding to cover the honors.
Continue reading "Minn. finds money for honor guards at funerals" »
6:12 AM, Aug 25, 2011
Written by
Heather Ly
AMITY, NY - The Scio native who gave his life in order to save two of his fellow Marines will receive another posthumous honor later today.
Continue reading "Bridge Dedication in Honor of Marine Corporal Jason Dunham" »
Published: Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 7:57 AM
ATMORE, Alabama -- For Lance Cpl. Travis Nelson, 19, killed in action last week in Afghanistan, there was no worthier goal than to serve in the U.S. Marines, according to his father, Scott Nelson.
Continue reading "Travis Nelson, Marine killed in Afghanistan, to be buried Friday in Atmore" »
August 20, 2011
Their world was shattered about noon Thursday at the Nelson home in Bratt as three men in military uniforms stood at the door.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine’s Family: He Was Our Hero" »
Kristian Foden-Vencil | August 15, 2011 | Portland, OR
Details are emerging about the 19-year-old Navy hospital corpsman from Oregon who died in Afghanistan last week.
Continue reading "Navy Medic From Oregon Killed In Afghanistan" »
Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2011
By Mike Kezdi, Sun News
A man who loved his family, country and the men with whom he served is the most succinct way to describe Marine Sgt. Dennis E. Kancler.
"He was a good son, a very good son," his mother, Paula Kancler, said from her Brecksville home Aug. 8.
Published: Thursday, August 04, 2011
By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Dennis E. Kancler, the son of former Brecksville Police Chief Dennis A. Kancler, died Sunday in Afghanistan, military officials confirmed Wednesday.
Continue reading "Marine Sgt. Dennis E. Kancler of Brecksville dies in Afghanistan" »
By Katie Sullivan (Staff Writer)
Published: August 8, 2011
Tom Dolphin didn't just lose a son to the war in Afghanistan - he lost a friend and a man he respected - Staff Sgt. Patrick R. Dolphin.
Continue reading "Father remembers fallen son as dedicated, loving, compassionate Marine" »
By David Ariosto and Barbara Starr, CNN
August 6, 2011
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In the single deadliest loss for U.S. troops since the Afghan war began in late 2001, 30 service members died early Saturday when a helicopter carrying them went down while they were reinforcing other troops, officials said.
Continue reading "U.S. official: Killed forces were reinforcing troops in Afghanistan" »
Geoff Liesik, Vernal Express
8/5/11
Looking at the photo Tracy Beede held of her son Friday afternoon, it's hard to imagine that he was always a mama's boy.
Continue reading "Mother of fallen Vernal Marine proud of son's sacrifice" »
August 05, 2011 6:47 AM
By Gina Childress
The Wilson Times
The parents and widow of a fallen Wilson Marine made the trip to Delaware this week to bring their loved one home for burial.
Continue reading "Parents, widow bringing fallen Marine home for burial" »
Published: Wednesday, August 03, 2011, 5:00 AM
To the Editor:
Cpl. Kyle Schneider’s family would like to extend our deepest appreciation and heartfelt gratitude for the tremendous outpouring of support from the people of the towns of Baldwinsville, Phoenix and Clay, as well as the greater Syracuse and Central New York areas, the state of New York, and a grieving nation for their fallen hero.
By TED CZECH
Daily Record/Sunday News
08/03/2011
A 2001 Dallastown Area High School graduate died while serving in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Air Force Mortuary Operations Public Affairs Office.
Continue reading "2001 Dallastown grad, a Marine, dies in Afghanistan" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Bruno J. Bego | 2nd Marine Logistics Group | Date: 07.25.2011
CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan – Personnel retrieval and processing specialists perform duties in both combat and non-combat environments pertaining to the search and recovery, identification, processing and transportation of America’s fallen heroes.
Continue reading "Personnel retrieval and processing: bringing heroes home" »
By Kelly Dame Midland Daily News
Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2011 7:00 am
In ceremonies steeped in military rituals, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Aaron D. “Doc” Ullom was honored at his Friday funeral services as a hero who died saving another man’s life. Midlanders recognized his sacrifice by coming out in droves to pay their respects to him and to support his family.
Continue reading "Honoring Ullom: Hospital corpsman laid to rest" »
Marine dies trying to save pal
By KATE SHEEHY and FRANK ROSARIO
Last Updated: 4:03 AM, July 20, 2011
Posted: 3:04 AM, July 20, 2011
A young Brooklyn man who became a Marine to be just like his dad was mortally wounded trying to save a comrade during a bloody clash in Afghanistan last week, grieving kin and the military said yesterday.
Marine from Hawaii served with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Helmand
By Gretel C. Kovach
Originally published 3:27 p.m., July 19, 2011, updated 1:31 p.m., July 20, 2011
A Twentynine Palms Marine was fatally wounded in action in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced today.
Continue reading "Twentynine Palms Marine killed in Afghanistan: Lance Cpl. Christopher L. Camero" »
Story by Cpl. Samantha H. Arrington | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 07.18.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghansitan - Deployed Marines and sailors gathered at the Regional Command Southwest Memorial Chapel on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, to honor the life of Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dudley, July 18.
Continue reading "Marines in Afghanistan honor departed osprey crew chief" »
800 pay tribute to Sgt. Trevor Cook at Medina service
Monday, July 18, 2011 12:00 am
By Tom Rivers
MEDINA — Trevor Cook, a skilled crew chief and marksman, was a leader in the Marine Corps, a soldier who already amassed many medals and promotions in his seven-year career.
Cpl. Gurpreet Singh had wanted to be in the military since he was a boy. The immigrant from India hoped to go to college after the service.
By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
July 17, 2011
Quiet and polite, with a penchant for keeping his emotions in check and his clothes clean and pressed, Gurpreet Singh seemed a perfect fit as a retail shoe salesman.
Story by Cpl. Marco Mancha | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 07.16.2011
PATROL BASE TALIBJAN, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines in Afghanistan strive daily to defeat insurgents and support development efforts. Some end up paying the ultimate price, giving their lives for their fellow Marines.
Continue reading "Ohio rifleman reflects on loss of fallen Marine" »
Published: Friday, Jul. 15, 2011
Andrew Dys Columnist - [email protected]
ROCK HILL --
The bagpiper had finished, and the only flag at the graveside was taken from the coffin, folded and given to a wife whose grief is immeasurable as she held three fatherless children.
Continue reading "Soldier's friend: Local support 'made me proud'" »
By Kelly Dame
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Family and friends are remembering Midlander Aaron Ullom, a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Tuesday, as brave, strong and smart.
Published: Thursday, Jul. 14, 2011
By Nicole E. Smith - [email protected]
CHARLOTTE --
The air was warm and the mood solemn Wednesday morning as the family of Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas Joseph "T.J." Dudley walked into the hangar at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.
Continue reading "Fort Mill Marine killed in Afghanistan returns home" »
By Steve Fidel, Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:20 p.m. MDT
LOGAN — Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez was living his dream, serving his country as a U.S. Marine.
Continue reading "Logan Marine dies in Afghanistan on Sunday" »
Published: Saturday, July 09, 2011, 12:17 PM
By Sarah Moses / The Post-Standard
Clay, NY -- Hundreds of family and friends packed the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clay this morning for the funeral of fallen Phoenix Marine, Cpl. Kyle Schneider.
Continue reading "Funeral held in Clay for U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle R. Schneider" »
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 2:23 PM CDT
WBTV News
FORT MILL - A Fort Mill Marine is being honored by his community after he was killed during combat in Afghanistan on Thursday.
Continue reading "Fort Mill Marine is killed in Afghanistan" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Heather Choate | III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs | Date: 07.08.2011
OKINAWA, Japan - During World War II, one of the fiercest battles took place in the Pacific. The Battle of Okinawa, fought in 1945, claimed more than 62,000 U.S. casualties, making it the bloodiest warfare U.S. forces experienced during the war.
Continue reading "What’s in a name? Okinawa bases named for fallen heroes" »
July 7, 2011
Los Angeles Times
A Marine killed in Wednesday's helicopter crash at Camp Pendleton has been identified as Sgt. Trevor Cook, 25, a crew chief with Helicopter Squadron 369, the Marine Corps said Thursday.
Continue reading "Marine killed in Camp Pendleton helicopter crash identified" »
by Lisa Edge
Posted: 07.06.2011 at 3:41 PM
Updated: 07.06.2011 at 8:20 PM
MULLINS -- GySgt E.J. Pate, 29, died in action on June 26, 2011 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. His body was brought back to the U.S. on the 4th of July. His funeral was held at Mullins High School Thursday afternoon.
Hundreds Gather At Airport For Arrival Of Body
Katrina Webber, KSAT 12 News Reporter
POSTED: Wednesday, July 6, 2011
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- Hundreds of people gathered at the New Braunfels Municipal Airport Wednesday morning for the arrival of the body of a U.S. Marine who was killed in Afghanistan last week.
Continue reading "Body Of New Braunfels Marine Returned Home" »
Staff and wire reports
Posted : Wednesday Jul 6, 2011 18:43:13 EDT
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — One Marine was killed and five others were hospitalized Wednesday after a UH-1Y helicopter carrying six personnel crashed on Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps officials said.
Continue reading "Pendleton helo crash kills 1, injures 5" »
He knew early on that he wanted to be a Marine. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather also were Marines. And his older brother is a Marine sniper who was about a dozen miles away when he died.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
July 3, 2011
Jason Hill was from a Marine Corps family.
His father, grandfather and great-grandfather served in the Marines. Early on, Hill knew he wanted to be a Marine but some youthful misbehavior and a casual attitude toward high school gave the Marines pause about allowing him to enlist.
Continue reading "Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Hill, 20, Poway; killed in Afghan firefight" »
Published: Sunday, July 03, 2011, 11:41 AM
By Dave Tobin / The Post-Standard
Nothing was going to stop Kyle Schneider from becoming a Marine and going to war.
Continue reading "Kyle Schneider dies in Afghanistan, pursuing his military dream" »
Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 07.01.2011
CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Silence settled over Patrol Base Lambert after Cpl. Matthew T. Richard’s memorial service. A steady current of hot desert air coursed its way through the Helmand combat position where Richard’s squad huddled together, finding comfort in each other’s presence.
By Chelsea J. Carter, CNN
June 30, 2011 3:10 p.m. EDT
(CNN) -- The home video from Marine Lance Cpl. John F. Farias held little back from his parents about the dangers of fighting in Afghanistan, about how the experience was changing him and about how much he missed his family.
Continue reading "Marine's last words to family from Afghanistan: 'I'll see you soon'" »
Crowd lines streets to pay homage during procession
Written by
ERIC WOOMER
Jun. 30, 2011
As Americans prepare to celebrate the independence of their country, residents from across Tulare County and the state celebrated the life of a fallen Visalia Marine.
Posted: Jun 27, 2011 11:14 AM CDT Updated: Jun 30, 2011 6:57 AM CDT
WMBF News
MARION, SC (WMBF) – A family in Marion is mourning the loss of a 29-year-old Marine after he was killed during combat in Afghanistan Sunday.
Continue reading "Local Marine killed in action in Afghanistan" »
Kevin Graman The Spokesman-Review
June 30, 2011 in City
A Marine private lost at the Battle of Tarawa in 1943 and an Army captain who died as a prisoner of the North Koreans in 1951 are finally coming home to Spokane.
Continue reading "Decades later, servicemen’s remains returning to Spokane" »
Posted: 5:24 AM Jun 29, 2011
Reporter: WEAU 13 News Staff
"He changed anyone and everyone's life around him in Spring Valley. He did so much and just probably wasn't even aware of it," Sarah Friberg remembered.
Continue reading "Friends remember area Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
6/28/2011 By Cpl. Damien Gutierrez , Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — The legacy and tradition of one Camp Pendleton Marine who changed the lives of hundreds of wounded veterans was given new life at the place where it all began.
Continue reading "Horse riding program named after Marine Corps legend" »
Written by
ERIC WOOMER
11:00 PM, Jun. 27, 2011
Eighteen-month-old Jacob Verbeek doesn't know why hundreds of American flags line his Visalia neighborhood, but when his small hand grasped the wooden stick holding an American flag Monday, it's clear he'll have many memories of his father.
Continue reading "Family, city prepare to honor fallen Visalia Marine" »
By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© June 25, 2011
A Newport News Marine who was killed in Afghanistan in February will posthumously receive the National Intelligence Medal for Valor on Wednesday.
Continue reading "Newport News Marine to get posthumous award for valor" »
By Mark Schulman
Times-News Staff Writer
Published: Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:32 p.m.
The family of a fallen Marine from Stanley has stepped up to help a Marine from Hendersonville who was severely injured in an IED attack in Afghanistan earlier this month.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine's family reaches out to Hendersonville Marine" »
FATHER RECALLS CUBA NATIVE SGT. MARK BRADLEY, 25, AS ‘A TRUE PATRIOT AND A TRUE HERO’
By Maki Becker
Published:June 18, 2011, 12:00 AM
Updated: June 18, 2011, 9:08 AM
A Marine sniper who grew up in Cuba, in Allegany County, died Thursday from injuries he suffered from an improvised explosive device in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.
Sgt. Mark A. Bradley was 25.
By Mitch Fryer, LEADER TIMES
Friday, June 17, 2011
Last updated: 8:16 am
DISTANT — Hundreds of people, many who didn't know Sgt. Joseph Michael "Joey" Garrison, lined the street leading to the Oakland Church of God on Thursday to show their gratitude and grief for the fallen Marine.
Continue reading "Fallen hero laid to rest in Armstrong County" »
Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 5:53 pm | Updated: 7:25 pm, Fri Jun 17, 2011.
Collin McRann
A mournful silence filled the air as the jet carrying Lance Cpl. Sean O’Connor arrived at Converse County Airport Friday afternoon.
by Tom Bowman
June 14, 2011
On Friday, Marines will gather to remember Sgt. Joseph Garrison at a small combat outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
Continue reading "'Hell Of A Leader': Marines Remember Sgt. Garrison" »
By WILLIAM BROWNING Star-Tribune staff writer | Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 8:00 am |
A young Sean O’Connor had been talking about joining the armed forces. When he decided on the U.S. Marine Corps, he told his father.
Reporter: A.J. Ross
Web Producer: Sean RoweFallen Marine a 'Born Hero'
Posted: Tuesday, June 14 2011, 03:16 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense on Monday confirmed the death of a U.S. Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Jason D. Hill died with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment
By Gretel C. Kovach and Hailey Persinger
Originally published 2:40 p.m., June 13, 2011, updated 7:06 p.m., June 13, 2011
A Marine from Poway was killed in action in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Monday. Lance Cpl. Jason D. Hill, 20, died Saturday in combat with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.
Continue reading "Poway Marine killed in action in Afghanistan" »
Joining Corps was Woitowicz’s dream
By Ben Wolford
Globe Correspondent / June 10, 2011
GROTON — William Woitowicz was a tall, lanky high schooler — “all arms and legs,’’ one teacher said.
By Tom Beyerlein and Kelli Wynn, Staff Writers Updated 9:42 AM Friday, June 10, 2011
MIAMISBURG — Friends and neighbors of a decorated Marine killed in action during combat operations in Afghanistan poured out memories and grief on social websites devoted to the 2006 Miamisburg High School graduate.
Continue reading "Family, friends mourn the loss of Miamisburg Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
6/9/2011 By Lance Cpl. Scott L. Tomaszycki , Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
NEW BERN, N.C. (June 9, 2011) — Dozens of senior men filed into the New Bern National Cemetery with serious, stern looks on their faces. Many of them wore veteran’s hats, displayed with a solemn pride that they had served their country in times of war during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. They came to pay respects to the friends they served with but had not made it back.
Continue reading "Cherry Point community warriors gather, pay Memorial Day tribute" »
June 8, 2011
By Editor
Flags throughout Groton were lowered to half-staff this afternoon and evening in honor of Marine Corporal William Woitowicz, killed in a “combat operation” on June 7 in Badghis, a province in Afghanistan. The 2007 graduate of Groton-Dunstable Regional High School entered the Marines when he graduated, and was assigned to the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Continue reading "Groton Marine William Woitowicz Killed in Afganistan" »
Cpl. Paul W. Zanowick II served with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment
By Kevin Acee
9:31 a.m., June 7, 2011
A Twentynine Palms Marine was killed in action in Afghanistan, the Corps announced. Cpl. Paul W. Zanowick II, 23, of Miamisburg, Ohio, died June 3 in Helmand province, a stronghold of the Taliban insurgency.
Continue reading "Twentynine Palms Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Lance Cpl. Clancy Cheek got the keys during Afghanistan tour
By Gretel C. Kovach
6 a.m., June 5, 2011
Cpl. Clancy Cheek is finally getting his new motorcycle, the one he plans to ride in honor of his best friend killed in action in Afghanistan. The Camp Pendleton Marine was serving a brutal tour with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Sangin, Afghanistan when the commandant of the Marine Corps handed him the keys on Christmas Day.
Continue reading "Camp Pendleton Marine to claim motorycycle, ride in fallen friend's honor" »
By Lee Morrison
TimesReporter.com staff writer
Posted Jun 04, 2011 @ 11:22 PM
NEW PHILADELPHIA —
More than 400 area residents climbed the Tuscarawas County Courthouse stairs Saturday to pay their respects to Marine Lance Cpl. Peter Clore, who was remembered as a laughing, friendly person, always helping others.
Continue reading "Hundreds salute Marine Peter Clore at Courthouse" »
By Jon Baker
Times-Reporter.com staff writer
Posted Jun 03, 2011 @ 10:44 PM
NEW PHILADELPHIA —
Marine Lance Cpl. Peter Clore completed the last leg of his long journey home from Afghanistan as a mile-long procession escorted his remains to Tuscarawas County from the Akron-Canton Airport on Friday.
Continue reading "New Philadelphia soldier arrives home for burial" »
Once called Decoration Day, Memorial Day is a time to pause and show our respect to those who have fought for our freedoms.
By Peggy Heminitz
May 29, 2011
It’s Memorial Day weekend – the unofficial start to summer.
Continue reading "Let's Not Overlook the Real Reason for the Holiday Weekend" »
Vietnam veteran Jim Zwit has made it his life's mission to find the families of the eight friends he lost 40 years ago
Mary Schmich
May 29, 2011
The woman walks toward the wall.
Continue reading "Memorial Day: Chasing down fragile, elusive memories" »
Posted : Saturday May 28, 2011 12:34:34 EDT
(The following is a speech given Thursday by Adm. James Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City where, as Stavridis said, “I humbly accepted this year’s Intrepid Freedom Award. The speech gives some of my thoughts on Memorial Day through letters written by some of the fallen and their families. Please share with me your reflections on this Memorial Day weekend.”)
I want to spend my few minutes tonight with you giving voice to those who cannot be with us. I want to share with you the voices of the fallen and their families.
By VINCE DEVLIN of the Missoulian missoulian.com | Posted: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:33 am
Like every parent of a military member sent into harm's way, Chuck Jorgenson of Missoula lived with the worry that the Marines might come knocking on his door with the worst of news.
Continue reading "Missoula-born Marine killed in NYC crash" »
5/26/2011 By Lance Cpl. Garry J. Welch , 31st MEU
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan — As Memorial Day nears, it is important to look back, and think about why Memorial Day is celebrated, and who it is celebrated for.
Continue reading "Memorial Day; A Tribute to Peralta and the 31st MEU" »
By Deborah Mullen
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 – Deborah Mullen, a Navy wife and mom and a military family advocate, has been married to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for 40 years.
Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 05.21.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Deployed Marines and sailors honored the life and service of former 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion commanding officer, Lt. Col. Benjamin J. Palmer, by dedicating to him the Marine Air Control Group 28 compound on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, May 21.
Continue reading "Marines dedicate Afghanistan compound to fallen lieutenant colonel" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Bryan Nygaard | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 05.19.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - Marines and sailors with 8th Communication Battalion, Task Force Belleau Wood, gathered together to honor Sgt. Kevin B. Balduf aboard Camp Leatherneck, May 19. Balduf, a native of Nashville, Tenn., was killed while working with a mentoring team that provides support to the Afghan National Civil Order Police, May 12. He was 27-years-old.
Continue reading "Fallen 8th Comm. Marine Honored at Leatherneck" »
By Keith Edwards [email protected]
Staff Writer
Posted: May 18, 2011
RICHMOND — A Marine sergeant whose wife and in-laws live in Richmond was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan last week.
The Nashville, Tenn. native, married to Amy Balduf of Richmond, was killed in Afghanistan last week.
By KEITH EDWARDS Kennebec Journal
May 18 , 2011
RICHMOND — The father-in-law of a Marine sergeant killed in combat last week in Afghanistan said his son-in-law was "a nice guy who tended to put other people before himself."
Continue reading "Sgt. Kevin Balduf remembered as 'a Marine's Marine, gung ho'" »
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday May 18, 2011 16:59:46 EDT
It was chow time May 12 when the Marine advisory team sat down to dinner. Its members didn’t know a gun-wielding Afghan policeman was around the corner and about to open fire.
Continue reading "New details in Afghan police center killings" »
By Chris Brown , Smitha Rao
Published: May 16, 2011
Updated: May 17, 2011 - 5:53 PM
HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN - An Afghan police officer opened fire on a training base in Helmand Province and killed two Marines from the east.
by Andrew Keller
Posted: 05.13.2011 at 6:52 PM
GAYLORD, MI -- Hundreds of people gathered in Gaylord to say their final goodbyes to a local American Hero, a Marine, who was killed in combat while serving in Afghanistan. Friday, his funeral was held.
Continue reading "Gaylord Marine SSgt. David Day remembered, honored at funeral" »
Story by Cpl. Jad Sleiman | Marine Forces Reserve | Date: 05.12.2011
YAKIMA, Wash. – Past sprawling orchards, rusting automobiles and tangles of graffiti is the Yakama Nation Native American community of White Swan. It was here that Lance Cpl. Joe Jackson, surrounded by drugs, gangs and poverty, beat the odds.
Continue reading "The Warrior’s Song: Community welcomes, remembers Native American Marine" »
Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 05.06.2011
The world keeps turning
The sun keeps burning
For all to learn what
Heaven only knows
Why do some
Get taken too young
All these answers
That heaven only knows
- "I Couldn't Explain Why," The Rainwater LP (2010), Citizen Cope
CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Whether plucking the strings of his guitar or expertly navigating the complex scales of authority to help his Marines, Sgt. Sean T. Callahan had a deft touch.
Continue reading "Beloved leader, guitarist remembered for deft touch" »
Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 05.06.2011
CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan -- One final time, duty came between Lance Cpl. Dominic Ciaramitaro and his loved ones.
Continue reading "“Possessed of Selflessness and Loyalty”:Lejeune battalion remembers fallen hero" »
Updated: Thursday, 05 May 2011, 8:53 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 05 May 2011, 6:31 PM EDT
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - A local Marine killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan has been brought home.
May 3, 2011
By Ben Wolford | Staff Writer
Word reached Robert Gilbert Sr. that Osama bin Laden died around the same time it reached everyone else, late Sunday night.
Continue reading "Father salutes slain Marine son when news breaks" »
By Christy Goodman, Published: May 2
A team of white horses carried Sgt. Sean T. Callahan’s flag-draped coffin on a caisson Monday as about 300 friends, family members and U.S. Marines followed to Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery.
Continue reading "Virginia Marine killed in Afghanistan buried at Arlington National Cemetery" »
12:28 AM, May. 1, 2011
Before there were words, there were tears.
Continue reading "'Honor and duty became the driving force' of fallen South Lyon Marine" »
Tribute is paid to 25 'Dark Horse' troops who died and more than 200 others who were wounded while routing the Taliban from the Sangin district of Afghanistan's Helmand province.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
April 30, 2011
Reporting from Camp Pendleton -- It was a gathering of the wounded in body and the wounded in spirit as hundreds of family members and friends joined a thousand Marines at a memorial service for the 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, just back from Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Tears are mixed with pride at Camp Pendleton memorial for fallen Marines" »
Camp Pendleton ceremony pays tribute to 25 men killed in Sangin
By Gretel C. Kovach
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 7 p.m.
CAMP PENDLETON — One by one, the Marines approached the podium to speak about their brothers-in-arms killed in Sangin, Afghanistan. Each of the 25 men who died with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment during the tour that ended this month was honored Friday at Camp Pendleton by a Marine who knew him best.
Continue reading "‘Darkhorse’ Marines honor fallen brothers" »
By Gretel C. Kovach
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 8 p.m.
The 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment gathers today at Camp Pendleton with family and military dignitaries to honor the fallen from their ranks in Sangin, Afghanistan.
Continue reading "The story of Sangin, in their own words" »
By Aileen Streng
Published: April 27, 2011
BRENTSVILLE, Va. --
Marine Sgt. Sean T. Callahan had a lust for life. He loved to have fun, play the guitar and he had lots of friends.
Continue reading "Brenstville graduate Sean Callahan killed in Afghanistan" »
By David Mance. Published Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The family of a Marine from White Swan who was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend says he died doing what he wanted to do. And that was protecting his country. Now, more about Lance Corporal Joe Jackson and how much he will be missed.
Continue reading "Family Remembers Fallen Marine from White Swan" »
Written by
JOE ROSSITER
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
April 26, 2011
Two Marines from Michigan and another from Virginia were killed in fighting in Afghanistan during the weekend.
Continue reading "Roadside bombs kill 2 Marines from Michigan" »
Story by Cpl. Katherine Keleher | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 04.21.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – “I will never forget who I am or what I represent. I will challenge myself to the limit and be ever attentive to duty.”
Continue reading "3/8 Marines continues battalion legacy at COP Ouellette" »
April 21, 2011
On Saturday, USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, who was killed in action in Afghanistan April 7, was buried in Brandon, Mississippi...Why weren’t there protestors?
Continue reading "Mississippi Shows How You Handle Westboro Freaks" »
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 6:10 PM CDT Updated: Apr 19, 2011 2:08 PM CDT
Marine Staff Sergeant Jason Rogers was laid to rest last Saturday in the new Brandon cemetery. The combat engineer was killed over a week ago in Afghanistan while getting two badly wounded marines to safety.
Continue reading "Jason Rogers' mother talks about the community support" »
By Jeanette Steele
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 9:27 p.m.
A casket was lowered into the ground Thursday at Miramar National Cemetery, marking the first time since 1966 that San Diego County has offered veterans a resting spot with full burial options.
Continue reading "Finally, San Diego vets get full-service cemetery" »
From Barbara Starr, CNN
April 11, 2011 10:54 p.m. EDT
Washington (CNN) -- The deaths of two U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan last week is being investigated as a possible friendly-fire incident, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force told CNN.
Continue reading "Military: Two U.S. troops believed killed by drone in Afghanistan" »
Reported by: Andrew Pereira
Published: 3/31 6:37 pm
KANEOHE - The U.S. Marine killed Tuesday night when a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter performed an emergency landing and crashed in the middle of Kaneohe Bay is being remembered as a playful teen that grew into a man in the military.
Continue reading "Marine killed in chopper crash remembered by family and friends" »
Mar. 30, 2011 5:21 PM ET
HONOLULU (AP) — A Marine Corps helicopter crashed during an emergency landing in the shallow water of Hawaii's Kaneohe Bay, killing one Marine on board and injuring three others after they had set out on an evening training exercise, the military said Wednesday.
Continue reading "1 dead, 3 injured in Marine helicopter in Oahu bay" »
By Rob Shikina and Gregg Kakesako
Star-Advertiser Staff
POSTED: 07:49 p.m. HST, Mar 29, 2011
Crews are working this afternoon to drain a fuel tank that detached from a Marine Corps helicopter that crashed in shallow water last night in Kaneohe Bay, killing one Marine and inijuring three others.
Continue reading "1 Marine dies, 3 injured in Kaneohe Bay crash" »
Funeral of Marine killed in Afghanistan draws hundreds to Manchester
By Kevin Dayhoff
[email protected]
Posted 3/28/11
“It's hard to find God amidst the horror and chaos of war. … And what we have here are the results.”
With those words, Army Chaplain Shawn Hunze invited a packed St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Manchester on Monday to remember, honor and celebrate the life of Staff Sgt. James “Jimmy” Malachowski, a Carroll County native and U.S. Marine who died performing a duty that family members say he held dear.
Continue reading "Malachowski recalled as a hero, friend and son of Carroll County" »
By Megan McCloskey
Stars and Stripes
Published: March 28, 2011
Late that night, after the notification officer had picked her up from her knees and carried her into the house, the young newlywed wrote on her blog what she couldn’t yet convince herself was true.
Continue reading "War widow blogs the next chapter of her life" »
Tom Sileo
March 25, 2011 8:53am EDT
As Lance Cpl. Thomas Rivers Jr. patrolled Afghanistan’s volatile Helmand Province, he knew God had his back. The Marine often carried a Bible, but even on days he didn’t have room for anything but essential combat gear, Rivers felt protected by Psalm 91:1, which was tattooed on his back.
Albert Snyder thanks The American Legion for support, urges them to push for legislation to control Westboro protests.
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Albert Snyder says he is not done fighting the Westboro Baptist Church and the emotional strain its anti-gay, anti-military protests cause families at private funerals. The Maryland man who lost his 20-year-old Marine son Matthew in Iraq in 2006 has fought the church in the court system after Westboro members picketed the fallen lance corporal's funeral five years ago. The case ended early this month in the U.S. Supreme Court.
March 22, 2011 8:30 AM
BY JAMES GILBERT - SUN STAFF WRITER
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the body of Cpl. Joshua Barron, who was reported missing last week, has been recovered from a canal.
By Cindy Gonzalez
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
Published Monday March 21, 2011
From the day they met as teenagers at a football game, Tiffany Bock knew her future husband, Michael, was a standout.
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 227-11
March 21, 2011
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
Best friend is killed in combat two weeks into tour in Afghanistan
By Gretel C. Kovach
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 3 p.m.
SANGIN, Afghanistan — Lance Cpl. Clancy Cheek was really nervous about meeting the commandant.
Continue reading "Pendleton Marine pays tribute to brother-in-arms" »
Associated Press | Posted: Friday, March 18, 2011 6:34 pm
Lloyd Oliver wasn't much of a talker, but it was clear that he was proud to have his native language serve as a key weapon during World War II. As part of an elite group of Marines, he helped develop and implement a code based on the Navajo language that helped win the war.
Continue reading "Member of original 29 Code Talkers dies in Arizona" »
2:38 PM, Mar. 14, 2011
DANVILLE — Cpl. Ian M. Muller was made to be a Marine.
Continue reading "Vermont Marine killed in combat in Afghanistan" »
By Wayne Drash, CNN
March 10th, 2011
03:19 PM ET
It started with a Facebook status update. Upset at the media's coverage of Charlie Sheen, someone took up for American soldiers dying in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Viral post pits coverage of Sheen, fallen soldiers" »
By KRISTY CHU
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: March 8, 2011
Updated: March 9, 2011 9:26 a.m.
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Since his deployment to Afghanistan in November, Cpl. Jordan R. Stanton was only able to speak to his father twice, most recently a week ago.
By Nancy Montgomery
Stars and Stripes
Published: March 6, 2011
PATROL BASE TORBERT, Afghanistan — When Red Platoon needed an engineer for an overnight mission to secretly observe the goings-on in several small villages, Cpl. Eric Torbert said OK, he’d do it.
Continue reading "Marine unit stung by death of colleague" »
Medals awarded to Marine corporal posthumously and Navy corpsman
By J. Harry Jones
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 12:10 p.m.
CAMP PENDLETON — A Marine corporal and a Navy corpsman were awarded the military’s third-highest honor for valor, the Silver Star, during an emotional ceremony Friday on the parade grounds at Camp Horno on Camp Pendleton.
Continue reading "Military honors two for valor with Silver Stars" »
By Vicki Smith - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Feb 28, 2011 2:30:45 EST
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Frank Buckles was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. He would later become the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I.
Continue reading "Frank Buckles, last living U.S. WWI vet, dies" »
Written by The Associated Press
1:45 AM, Feb. 28, 2011
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners bid farewell Saturday to an Oregon Marine killed in combat in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Hundreds mourn fallen 26-year-old Marine from Oregon" »
By Logan Neill, Times Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2011
HOMOSASSA — Once a Marine, always a Marine.
That's what the family of Cpl. John Taylor came to understand in time.
Continue reading "Citrus County Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Family members of Marine killed in Afghanistan express love, sorrow
February 23, 2011
By Paris Achen
Mail Tribune
Oregon Marine Sgt. Matthew J. DeYoung of Talent rarely had time during his deployment in Afghanistan to talk with his family at leisure.
By Lisa M. Krieger
[email protected]
Posted: 02/21/2011 08:36:00 PM PST
Updated: 02/22/2011 02:45:36 AM PST
Bellarmine College Prep graduate Al Flores Jr. has been awarded the prestigious Bronze Star Medal with Valor as a commanding officer in the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "San Jose Bronze Star recipient to honor friend with medal" »
They met by chance. Or maybe not. Adrienne Johnson was still hurting after a visit to her son's grave the day a stranger stopped by her Bayport home, having spotted the Marine Corps flag in the yard. He just wanted to greet a fellow Marine.
By Mary Divine
Pioneer Press
Updated: 02/19/2011 11:32:01 PM CST
When Adrienne Johnson answered the doorbell at her Bayport home, she found a stranger standing outside.
Continue reading "She lost her Marine; another eases the pain" »
3:40 PM, Feb. 19, 2011
Written by
Steve Kemme
[email protected]
LIBERTY TWP. - Cathy Clore witnessed Lucas T. Pyeatt's persistence and emotional and spiritual growth at each stage of his life - Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Eagle Scout, missionary and Marine.
Story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Smith | Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division | Date: 02.18.2011
The words stumble from his mouth like a child who misses a step. Memories are flashing through his mind as he remembers details of a friend who had fallen in the line of duty.
Continue reading "Memories of a fallen brother remembered" »
Story by Sgt. Jeremy Ross | Regional Command Southwest | Date: 02.15.2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan– Marines and sailors with 2nd Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), paused to honor Cpl. Lucas T. Pyeatt, a team leader and linguist with C Company, 2nd Radio Bn., during a memorial service at the LSA 7 chapel here, Feb. 15.
Continue reading "Second Radio Battalion honors fallen Marine" »
February 15, 2011 - By DAVE EMKE Special to the OBSERVER
JAMESTOWN - Aaron Swanson had a smile that could light up any room, brighten any day and bring joy to everyone he knew.
02.15.11
WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - Funeral arrangements have been finalized for a local Marine killed in Afghanistan
Continue reading "Funeral arrangements set for West Chester Marine" »
2/11/2011 By Gunnery Sgt. Bryce Piper , 26th MEU
Combat Outpost Ouellette, Helmand province, Afghanistan —
An Improvised Explosive Device blast sent a squad of Marines on foot patrol scrambling for cover in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Mar. 22, 2009. Ignoring his fatal wounds, the squad leader continued to direct his Marines' fire and call in supporting attack helicopters to fight off the Taliban assault that followed the blast, while a quick reaction force raced to the Marines’ position. For his actions, Squad Leader Cpl. Michael W. Ouellette was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
Continue reading "BLT 3/8 honors fallen brother, names post" »
Dogs play an increasing role in ferreting out roadside bombs in key provinces. As with their masters, not all of them get to come home.
Tony Perry | Los Angeles Times | February 8. 2001
When Pfc. Colton Rusk was shot in Afghanistan by a Taliban sniper, a Marine dog named Eli immediately ran to him, guarding the downed Marine against further attack.
By Corinne Reilly
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 8, 2011
A Marine corporal who grew up in Newport News was killed in combat in Afghanistan this weekend.
Continue reading "Marine corporal from Newport News killed in Afghanistan" »
Monday, February 7, 2011
The death this weekend of a recruit at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Parris Island may be linked to a suspected case of meningitis.
By Carrie Whitaker • [email protected] • February 7, 2011
WEST CHESTER -- Marine Cpl. Lucas T. Pyeatt, the 24-year-old son of a West Chester Township couple, has died in combat in southern Afghanistan.
2/2/2011 By Lance Cpl. John Robbart III , Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Military honors are given to those who have passed and honorably served in the U.S. Armed Forces, whether it is for four years or forty.
Continue reading "Battalion honor guard conducts funerals for veterans" »
* By Mark Collette
updated February 2, 2011 at 4:38 a.m.
ORANGE GROVE — A faithful companion of a fallen Marine from Orange Grove is headed home this week.
Continue reading "Family of fallen Marine Colton Rusk to receive his bomb dog" »
February 1, 2011
MOSES, Sgt. Major Jeffrey D., 49, of Oceanside, Ca. (formerly of Wheeling W.Va.) died Friday, January 28, 2011.
Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter | 1st Marine Division | Date: 01.31.2011
Date Posted:02.01.2011 06:37
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Marines and sailors from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, held a memorial ceremony at Camp Leatherneck, Jan. 31, to honor Cpl. Jacob A. Tate, Lance Cpl. Joseph R. Giese, and Lance Cpl. Maung P. Htaik, all riflemen with 2/9 who were killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Continue reading "2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment honors fallen brothers" »
By KRISTEN WYATT
Associated Press
Jan 31, 4:52 PM EST
DENVER (AP) -- The simple banner is designed to honor those who served and died in the military. But a national campaign to add the red-and-white "Honor and Remember" flag to official U.S. flag displays on military holidays is creating painful divisions among veterans and the relatives of loved ones killed in action.
Continue reading "Veterans, families of KIA torn over flag proposal" »
Updated: Tuesday, 25 Jan 2011, 8:39 AM CST
Published : Monday, 24 Jan 2011, 9:44 PM CST
* Paige Malone
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) - Since Cpl. Joe Whitehead's body arrived in Mobile on Monday, members of the U.S. Marines have not left his side.
By MEL TOADVINE,
[email protected]
POSTED: January 24, 2011
The arrival of the body of a Lehigh Acres Marine, who was killed in action in Afghanistan, is expected to take place some time this week.
January 24th, 2011 | Posted by Dan Lamothe
Greetings, readers. It was a slow week on Battle Rattle last week while I covered SHOT Show in Las Vegas for sister blog Gear Scout, but things are back to normal now.
Continue reading "Nearly 40 Marines killed in Sangin since September" »
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 24, 2011 5:52:08 EST
It’s one of the most iconic images of World War II — the flag-raising by five Marines and a sailor on Mount Suribachi in 1945 on the island of Iwo Jima.
Continue reading "Repairs considered for Iwo Jima memorial" »
Camp Pendleton schoolhouse hit hard by instructor death
By Gretel C. Kovach
Originally published January 20, 2011
The protected waters of the Del Mar boat basin at Camp Pendleton were glassy and calm that morning. The weather notwithstanding, the routine never changes.
Fox Tech grad died after saving his comrades during a training accident in California
By Eva Ruth Moravec
[email protected]
Published: 12:00 a.m., Monday, January 17, 2011
Sgt. Wesley Rice lived to serve his fellow man, God and country, his mother said, so it seemed tragically fitting to her that he died saving fellow Marines when their amphibious assault vehicle sank during training in California last week.
January 17, 2011, 8:59 am
Michael Saarie, a music teacher at Binghamton’s West Middle School, made a donation to the school that struck a special chord in the hearts of many.
Continue reading "BHS teacher honors Marine with donation" »
Photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga | Marine Corps Base Hawaii – Kaneohe Bay | Date: 01.15.2011
Marines pay their respect to 1st Lt. Scott J. Fleming and Sgt. Joe L. Wrightsman during a 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, memorial ceremony at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
Continue reading "America's Battalion Honors Two Fallen Warriors" »
Jan 15, 2011 3:00am
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — Since February, Hadley North Mac McQueary has grown to look more like his father and learned how to walk and talk, his family said.
Continue reading "Indiana family copes with sudden death of Marine" »
By Heather Darenberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 7:53 PM Jan 15, 2011
LAWRENCEVILLE — Ryan Giese took his first step home in the baptismal of First Christian Church of Atlanta, where his grandfather served as pastor for many years.
Continue reading "‘Rest easy, my hero': Marine’s life remembered at funeral" »
1/14/2011 By Cpl. M. C. Nerl , Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif., — Third Combat Engineer Battalion gathered with family and friends to mourn four Marines lost during their last deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Jan. 12, 2011, at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field.
TERI FIGUEROA and MARK WALKER
Staff Writers North County Times - The Californian
Posted: Friday, January 14, 2011
One Marine died and five others were rescued Friday after the amphibious assault vehicle they were in sank in the Camp Pendleton Del Mar Boat Basin just north of Oceanside, base officials said.
Continue reading "Marine killed, five saved after assault vehicle sinks at Camp Pendleton" »
By Merritt Melancon - [email protected]
Published Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Despite his family's misgivings about him serving in a war zone, 24-year-old Ryan Giese of Winder always knew he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and serve in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Name Of 19-Year-Old Killed In Afghanistan Etched In Graduate Memorial Wall
POSTED: 1:55 pm EST January 11, 2011
LAKE WORTH, Fla. -- A somber tribute was held Tuesday morning at Lake Worth High School for a U.S. Marine and former student who was killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine Memorialized At Lake Worth High School" »
By Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
January 10, 2011 9:22 p.m. EST
Washington (CNN) -- Richard "Dick" Winters, a decorated hero of World War II and the central figure in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers," has died. He would have turned 93 years old in February.
Continue reading "Central figure in 'Band of Brothers' dead at 92" »
By ANDREW SCHOTZ
[email protected]
9:35 p.m. EST, January 8, 2011
FREDERICK, Md. —
Lance Cpl. Maung P. "Samuel" Htaik's parents weren't sure why their son wanted to join the U.S. Marine Corps. They tried to dissuade him, but he enlisted and was sent to Afghanistan several months ago to fight.
Written by Julia M. Dendinger/News-Bulletin
Wednesday, 05 January 2011 06:00
A Marine with Belen ties was killed Dec. 27 while leading a patrol in Helmand province in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine with local ties killed in Afghanistan" »
By Larry Bivins • Times Washington correspondent • January 5, 2011
WASHINGTON — Through the words of U.S. Navy Lt. Jonathan Bush, the nation said a final thank you Tuesday to Marine Cpl. Sean Osterman, who was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Continue reading "Family says goodbye to fallen Marine, a Tech graduate" »
By DON AINES
[email protected]
7:57 p.m. EST, January 4, 2011
Maung P. Htaik came to the United States in 2002, and he died fighting for the country in Afghanistan on the first day of 2011.
Continue reading "Smithsburg graduate remembered as quiet and nice" »
January 04, 2011 5:57 AM
By SANFORD J. SCHMIDT
The Telegraph
BETHALTO — Residents, military veterans, firefighters, police officers and people from across the area came together as a family Monday to welcome Kenny Corzine back to his hometown.
Continue reading "Crowd turns out as Marine's body comes home" »
Associated Press - January 4, 2011 8:34 AM ET
BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) - Services are scheduled Thursday for a southwestern Illinois Marine killed last month during combat operations in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Services set for Ill. Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
By Cpl. Shannon E. McMillan, 1st Marine Logistics Group (FWD)
Monday, January 03, 2011
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — More than 150 service members bowed their heads in silence and paid their final respects here, Dec. 26, to two Marines who dedicated their lives to eliminating the largest threat on today’s battlefield, improvised explosive devices.
Continue reading "Marines remembered for dedication, sacrifice" »
Date: 1/3/2011
Album ID: 1145533
Photos by John Badman
Continue reading "Marine Kenny Corzine comes home 1/3/2011" »
1/3/2011 By Cpl. Daniel Blatter , Regimental Combat Team 2
SANGIN, Afghanistan — Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, in Sangin, paused to honor Cpl. Derek A. Wyatt, a team leader for 1st Platoon, Lima Company, Lance Cpl. Kenneth A. Corzine, a rifleman in 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company and Lance Cpl. Colton Rusk, a machine gunner with Weapons Company.
Continue reading "'Men who look death in the face and continue to move forward'" »
Story by 1st Lt. Alex Lim | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 12.28.2010
Date Posted: 12.29.2010 12:27
CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan -- When it was all said and done, the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment had a significant role in the progress made in Marjah the past seven months. From school and shop openings, to a concrete relationship with the local nationals; from a defining partnership with the local security forces to the neighborhood watch program, 2/6 was the backbone in making all this possible.
Continue reading "2/6 reflects as they give final farewell to fallen brother" »
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 10:48 PM EST
By Lori Brown
ARLINGTON, TN (WMC-TV) - The mother of a fallen Mid-South marine says her son felt called to become a marine.
Continue reading "Fallen Mid-South marine's mother says her son lived out calling" »
Marine Lance Corporal Kenny Corzine, 23, From Bethalto Has Died
FOX2now.com
December 27, 2010
ROXANNA, IL (KTVI-FOX2now.com) — A Metro East family is feeling the painful impact of the war in Afghanistan first hand. Marine Lance Corporal Kenny Corzine, 23, from Bethalto has died. Corzine had been hospitalized after losing both of his legs in an IED attack on December 5.
Former Red Devils football player killed in Afghanistan
By Ron Barnett • Staff writer • Published: December 24. 2010 2:00AM
Billy Crouse lived life on the edge, and that’s how he died, in the service of his country.
Continue reading "In Clinton Marine's final moments, he asked medics to save his dog" »
By Maureen Mespell
By Jeff Neumeyer
December 23, 2010
FORT WAYNE, IN (Indiana's NewsCenter) --- Making the ultimate sacrifice for country and for your fellow servicemen. 22-year old Lance Corporal Billy Crouse, a Marine who attended Northrop High School for part of his teen years, died Tuesday in Afghanistan, along with his bomb-sniffing dog, doing a job that is considered one of the war effort's most dangerous.
Continue reading "Marine Assigned To Dangerous Duty Killed In Afghanistan" »
Family sets up music scholarship fund
By TOM KNAPP, Staff Writer
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster New Era
Updated Dec 22, 2010 22:51
Lancaster
Cpl. Eric Torbert Jr. will be laid to rest Tuesday in a Lancaster cemetery.
12/22/2010 By Sgt. Jimmy D. Shea , Headquarters Marine Corps
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps War Memorial Foundation is planning the restoration and preservation of the Corps’ beloved Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va.
Continue reading "Restoring a national icon, memorial for fallen Marines" »
Story by Cpl. Skyler Tooker | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 12.22.2010
PATROL BASE HERNANDEZ, Afghanistan – Cpl. Chad S. Wade was remembered by his fellow Marines during a memorial service at Patrol Base Hernandez, Dec. 13.
Cpl. Sean Osterman, on his second tour of duty, had planned to attend college.
By MARK BRUNSWICK, Star Tribune
December 20, 2010 - 9:09 PM
After graduating from high school in 2007, Sean Osterman knew he was headed to the military, but took his time researching which branch might be best for him.
Continue reading "Princeton Marine dies of Afghanistan injuries" »
By Matt Rocheleau
Globe Correspondent / December 20, 2010
Alexander Scott Arredondo had always had a strong connection with Jamaica Plain.
Continue reading "Jamaica Plain hub soon to bear name of a Marine hero" »
by John Willis, Calhoun Times
12.19.10
On a blustery Dec. 16, Robin Patterson stood atop a ladder to cut the plastic covering from a new highway sign in Resaca.
Continue reading "A hero’s highway: Fallen marine honored with sign on 136" »
By Julius Whigham II
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 2:13 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010
Posted: 9:56 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, 2010
LAKE WORTH — One by one the candles were lit in front of a photo of Marine Lance Cpl. Jose A. Hernandez.
Continue reading "Friends, classmates, veterans honor fallen Marine in vigil at Lake Worth Beach" »
Published: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 8:32 PM
By Matt Buxton, The Oregonian
While clouds part to the sun in the moments after a rain storm on a cold, windy Saturday morning, a hearse -- with the escort of motorcycles customary to a military funeral -- pulls into the parking lot of a church in Vancouver.
By APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
December 18, 2010
DERRY -- To the hundreds of mourners lining Crystal Avenue yesterday morning, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Geary’s death was much more than a sad story. He was one of them.
Geary, 20, was killed in combat Dec. 8 while serving with Fox Company 2/9 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Jose Hernandez lived in Pueblo as a boy.
Posted: Friday, December 17, 2010 12:00 am
By PETER ROPER
Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Hernandez, who lived in Pueblo as a young boy, will be buried here by his family after being killed by a mine in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
By Chris Togneri
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, December 16, 2010
A Marine who grew up in Stanton Heights died in Afghanistan, his family confirmed Wednesday.
Continue reading "Marine raised in Stanton Heights killed in Afghanistan" »
By CAROL ROBIDOUX
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
12.16.10
DERRY – Pinkerton Academy's school community mounted a touching farewell Wednesday for one of its own -- Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Geary, a 2009 graduate of the school who died in combat last week in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Pinkerton gathers to pay its final respects" »
Thursday, December 16, 2010
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A veteran Marine bomb technician originally from Stanton Heights was killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb on Tuesday.
Continue reading "Marine bomb technician dies in Afghanistan" »
December 15, 2010 11:50 PM
By JUAN CARLOS FANJUL / CBS12.com
Lake Worth, Fla.-- The family of 19-year-old Lance Corporal Jose Hernandez was understandably grief stricken Wednesday night.
Continue reading "True hero: Lake Worth Marine steps on land mine, protects unit" »
N.H. resident slain in combat in Afghanistan
By Thomas Byrne
Globe Correspondent / December 15, 2010
MALDEN — Lance Corporal Michael E. Geary was a determined, level-headed teenager who decided at an early age he wanted to be a US Marine, his family says.
Continue reading "Marine remembered for his determination" »
Visitation will be Friday in Annaville
* By Jaime Powell
* Corpus Christi Caller Times
* Posted December 14, 2010 at 12:46 p.m.
ORANGE GROVE — The waiting is the hard part now.
Continue reading "Orange Grove Marine's funeral will be Saturday" »
Michael Daly
Tuesday, December 14th 2010, 4:00 AM
War is when 24-year-old Brooklyn Marine Sgt. Nicholas Aleman is killed in Afghanistan the same day his fiancée gets the flowers he sent for her 23rd birthday.
Carol Guzy / The Washington Post
12.13.10
Photo Gallery
Wreath-laying is an annual event to remember those buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010 – For nearly 20 years, a group of dedicated volunteers and sponsors have ensured that servicemembers and other prominent Americans at rest at Arlington National Cemetery are not forgotten during the holiday season.
Continue reading "Arlington Wreaths Event Continues Holiday Tradition" »
By Norma Love
Associated Press / December 9, 2010
CONCORD, N.H.—Michael Geary was so proud to be a Marine he wore his dress uniform to show his Pinkerton Academy English teacher after he completed training.
Continue reading "NH Marine killed in Afghanistan, lauded as hero" »
By KAREN STEIN, Staff Writer Ledger Independent | Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:25 pm
PEEBLES, Ohio -- Close to a thousand mourners lined the streets of Peebles Thursday afternoon to watch a police motorcade escort the body of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Lucas C. Scott home.
Continue reading "Thousands gather to pay tribute to fallen Marine" »
By Gretchen Phillips
Maryland Independent
Thursday, December 9, 2010
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. William J. Donnelly IV, the son of a Pomfret couple, died Nov. 25 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense said.
Continue reading "Charles couple's son dies in Afghanistan" »
BY Jake Pearson and Larry Mcshane
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 4:00 AM
A Brooklyn-born Marine sergeant was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan, leaving his devastated family to face Christmas without their beloved hero.
By KATE SHEEHY
December 8, 2010
A young Marine who grew up in a military family in Brooklyn was killed by a suicide bomber — ambushed while sleeping in an encampment in Afghanistan, said US officials and the man’s stunned family yesterday.
By Robert J. Hawkins
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 6:18 a.m.
Since World War I, families who lost a son or daughter in the line of duty have hung a simple banner in a front window showing a simple gold star superimposed over a blue one, as a measure of the sacrifice made to the nation.
Continue reading "Families of the fallen get a license plate of their own" »
East High graduate Cpl. Derek A Wyatt dies in Afghanistan
By Jim Carney - Akron Beacon Journal | Posted: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Friends of Marine Cpl. Derek A. Wyatt gathered at the home of his longtime friend Andy Falcone in Akron on Monday night, played Wyatt's favorite music and told stories about him.
Published: Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Michael Russell, The Oregonian
A U.S. Marine from Vancouver died Tuesday, two weeks after he was wounded in combat operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday.
Continue reading "Vancouver Marine dies two weeks after blast in Afghanistan combat" »
Cpl. Derek Wyatt, 25, leaves behind a wife and son
By M.L. Schultze - WKSU | Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Akron’s East High School is planning a special memorial Sunday for native son Derek Wyatt, who was killed Monday in fighting in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Akron native killed in action in Afghanistan" »
Friends, coaches, recruiter says the specialness of Derek Wyatt was clear long ago
By M.L. Schultze and Amanda Rabinowitz - WKSU | Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Corporal Derek Wyatt was a talented athlete who played up the talents of others, a music lover who could tell you anything – anything – about the Deftones, and a Marine who was often a peacemaker. The Akron native died Monday in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Akron Marine dies on the eve of son's birth" »
Story by C. Todd Lopez | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | Date: 12.07.2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - For the first time, America officially recognizes the contributions and dedication of military widows with ''Gold Star Wives Day.''
Continue reading "Senate Resolution Designates Gold Star Wives Day" »
He was a senior class favorite, star football player and all-around good guy, friends said
* By Jaime Powell
* Corpus Christi Caller Times
* Posted December 6, 2010 at 5:33 p.m., updated December 7, 2010 at 6:09 a.m.
ORANGE GROVE — Colton Rusk lived his motto.
“Don’t be afraid to go after your hopes and dreams, but don’t be afraid to be willing to pay the price,” Rusk wrote under his senior photo in Orange Grove High School’s yearbook.
Continue reading "Orange Grove Marine Colton Rusk killed in Afghanistan" »
Posted at 07:28 PM on Monday, Dec. 06, 2010
The Fresno Bee
Funeral arrangements for Marine Sgt. Matthew Abbate, a former Buchanan High student, have been set for Saturday, family spokeswoman Lisa Boyles said.
Continue reading "Funeral Saturday for Marine, ex-Buchanan student" »
William Clothier is now one of fewer than 3,000 living survivors of the attack, according to staff members at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Pearl Harbor.
By Lynn Thompson
Seattle Times staff reporter
Originally published Monday, December 6, 2010 at 10:01 PM
William Clothier was a 20-year-old Marine private aboard the battleship USS Nevada when Japanese torpedo planes and dive bombers attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Continue reading "Pearl Harbor attack still vivid for survivor" »
By KEITH MORELLI | The Tampa Tribune
Published: December 6, 2010
In his 85 years, Daniel R. "Danny" Nardico had seen the horrors of war and stared down a raging bull in the boxing ring.
Continue reading "WW II hero continued bravery as a boxer" »
By KAREN STEIN, Staff Writer Ledger Independent
Posted: Monday, December 6, 2010 9:15 pm
PEEBLES, Ohio -- The body of a 20-year-old Ohio Marine who was killed in Afghanistan is scheduled to be flown home this week.
The 1st Battalion, 11th Marines served in Afghanistan
By Gretel C. Kovach, UNION-TRIBUNE
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 2:47 p.m.
Camp Pendleton’s 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment will gather Wednesday on base for a memorial service honoring the four Marines killed in action with the unit in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Camp Pendleton artillery battalion remembers four Marines killed in action" »
Monday, December 6th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
American forces have suffered some of their worst casualties in the Afghan war since taking over the notorious town of Sangin from British troops.
Continue reading "American Marines pay heavy price in fight for Sangin" »
By Kurt Streeter, Los Angeles Times
December 5, 2010
The death of Tyler Roads, a Marine killed in Afghanistan this summer, seemed to touch nearly everyone in Burney, the tiny Northern California town where he grew up.
By: Cecily Burt
Oakland Tribune
Posted: 12/03/2010 04:57:39 PM PST
Updated: 12/04/2010 09:50:13 AM PST
Even as a little boy, Matt Abbate always wanted to be a Marine.
Continue reading "Marine sergeant, a former Piedmont High student, killed in Afghanistan" »
Reported by: Tony Botti, CBS47.tv
Print Story Published: 12/04 11:16 am
The sister of a Valley Marine killed in combat shares stories about her brother. Twenty six year old Sergeant Matthew Abbate died Thursday from a wound while serving a tour in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Sister of Clovis Marine Shares His Life's Stories" »
An emotional goodbye to brothers in arms
By Gretel C. Kovach
Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7:01 p.m.
The battalion commander stood on the landing zone Friday, the green hills of Camp Pendleton framing his Marines arrayed in parade formation. The 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment recently returned from a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan. Fourteen of their brothers in arms did not make it home alive.
Continue reading "Camp Pendleton honors 14 troops killed in Afghanistan" »
Posted: Dec 02, 2010 7:12 PM CST
Updated: Dec 02, 2010 9:54 PM CST
By Jeff Lawson
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - On Thanksgiving Day, the Donnelly family received the news that every military family fears. They learned their son, Will, had been killed in action in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Family proud of son who gave everything for his fellow Marines" »
By TOM COYNE
Associated Press
Dec 1, 8:18 PM EST
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- An Indiana businessman who bought the dog tags, medals and funeral flag belonging to the first U.S. servicewoman to die in the war in Afghanistan handed over her personal effects to her brother on Wednesday after initially refusing to give them back.
Continue reading "Family gets back personal effects of Ind. Marine" »
November 30, 2010|By Joel Hood and David Elsner, TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Not since his days as a Marine in combat in Iraq has Matthew Winters Jr. felt a call of duty like the one he embarked on Tuesday, trying to recover the identification tags, medals and folded burial flag of his younger sister, who was the first U.S. servicewoman killed in the Afghanistan campaign.
Continue reading "Man offers to return Marine's personal items" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Jerrick J. Griffin | 1st Marine Logistics Group Public Affairs | Date: 11.24.2010
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Family members, friends and fellow Marines gathered to pay their final respects to a fallen explosive ordnance disposal technician, Nov. 23.
Continue reading "Family and friends gather to pay final respects" »
Robert Kelly was killed by a concealed bomb in Afghanistan. His father asks that prayers be directed toward his son's platoon, still facing danger on the battleground.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
November 22, 2010|5:10 p.m.
Reporting from Arlington, Va. —
Amid a military tradition honed by the agony of warfare, Marine 1st Lt. Robert Michael Kelly was honored and buried Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in the section reserved for those who have fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine general's son laid to rest at Arlington" »
Growing up in a military family, he had traveled the world. He joined the Marines last year and had promised to finish college after his five-year enlistment.
By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times
November 21, 2010
Lance Cpl. James D. Boelk grew up in a well-traveled military family. But his path to the Marine Corps was not a straight one.
LARRY HENDRICKS Assistant City Editor azdailysun.com | Posted: Sunday, November 21, 2010 5:20 am |
WILLIAMS — Family and friends remembered him as dedicated, bold, brave, unashamed and perpetually wearing a big smile.
Article updated: 11/18/2010 09:24 PM
By Deborah Donovan and Lee Filas
Lance Cpl. James Bray Stack came home Thursday to Arlington Heights, and the community honored the fallen Marine with American flags and tears.
Continue reading "Hundreds pay respects as fallen Marine returns home" »
By Lee Filas
Article updated: 11/18/2010 08:44 AM
A motorcade of police, honor guards and patriotic motorcycle groups will escort the remains of fallen Marine James Bray Stack through Arlington Heights this morning.
Continue reading "Arlington Heights motorcade today for fallen Marine" »
11/16/2010 By Sgt. Jesse Stence , Regimental Combat Team 1
PATROL BASE SHANFIELD, Afghanistan — The dust of Patrol Base Shanfield turned to gold as the sun started a long plunge toward the Marjah countryside. As the Marines came forward to pay their final respects, it peeked over hesco walls and snuck under the camouflage netting that covered the place where they knelt in honor of 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman.
By Deborah Donovan
Article updated: 11/16/2010 08:22 PM
After losing “an amazing father and amazing husband more than I could ever ask for," Katie Stack says her year-old daughter, Mikayla, is her whole life.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine remembered as father and husband" »
By Deborah Donovan
Article updated: 11/14/2010 08:08 AM
The family of Lance Cpl. James Bray Stack, a Marine from Arlington Heights, was deeply moved with the ceremony surrounding the return of his body from Afghanistan, his father, Robert Stack, said Saturd
Continue reading "Marine ceremony moves grieving Stack family" »
Story by Cpl. Shannon McMillan | 1st Marine Logistics Group Public Affairs | Date: 11.13.2010
Date Posted:11.14.2010 09:50
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan –Coalition forces and friends gathered for a memorial service to honor Staff Sgt. Jordan B. Emrick here, Nov. 13.
Continue reading "EOD Marine remembered for heart, selflessness and courage" »
Story by Lance Cpl. Andrew Johnston | Regimental Combat Team 1 | Date: 11.14.2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan - It started off like any other day for the Aurora, Ohio, native, Cpl. Amos T. Benjamin, an infantry-man with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment.
Continue reading "US Marine honors his brother by deploying to Afghanistan" »
Patrick Moussignac
November 13, 2010
PORT EVERGLADES, FL- The massive warship named after local fallen Marine Corp. Jason Dunham was officially commissioned and put into service Saturday.
BY LAURA FIGUEROA
[email protected]
Posted on Saturday, 11.13.10
Deb Dunham lost a son, but along the way she gained a second family -- 300 men and women who carry on her son's legacy.
Continue reading "Ship named for fallen Marine ready to set sail" »
BY LAURA FIGUEROA
[email protected]
Posted on Saturday, 11.13.10
Sailors, their families and just plain South Floridians streamed into Port Everglades Saturday morning for a celebration of a Marine's sacrifice.
Continue reading "Crowds gather to launch new warship at Port Everglades" »
Published: Friday, November 12, 2010 9:16 PM CST
Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson
Combat Correspondent
Four brothers from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regi- ment, who were killed in action, were represented with military crosses on Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field during the units memorial service Nov. 5.
Continue reading "‘The Cutting Edge’ honors fallen brothers" »
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2010 – Final preparations are under way in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the commissioning tomorrow of the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, to be named honoring Marine Corps Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism in Iraq.
Continue reading "Commissioning Slated for USS Jason Dunham" »
written by: Jeffrey Wolf
written by: Kim Christiansen
November 12, 2010
ARVADA - If you knew Brandon Pearson you knew he was known for saying: "I've got your back bro." He made that promise to his good friends and the men in his battalion as a Marine.
Continue reading "Marine Brandon Pearson's promise: 'I've got your back'" »
Regimental Combat Team 1
Story by Sgt. Mark Fayloga
Date: 11.12.2010
FORWARD OPERATING BASE GERONIMO, Afghanistan - Marines at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, honored the sacrifice of two pilots from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 during a plaque dedication ceremony Nov. 7.
Continue reading "Fallen Pilots Honored During Plaque Dedication Ceremony" »
Updated: Thursday, 11 Nov 2010, 3:55 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 11 Nov 2010, 3:55 PM EST
Port Everglades, FL (WIVB) - The Navy's newest missile destroyer pulled into Port Everglades, Florida last week and is named for Allegany County native Corporal Jason Dunham who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq in 2004 at the age of 22.
Stacey Baca
November 11, 2010 (WLS) -- A Marine from the northwest suburbs has become the latest casualty in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Arlington Heights Marine dies in Afghanistan" »
By Deborah Donovan
11/11/2010
A young Marine from Arlington Heights was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Continue reading "Arlington Hts. Marine dies in Afghanistan" »
By John Andrew Prime • [email protected] • November 11, 2010
A Greenwood man who joined the U.S. Marine Corps a year ago has been killed in Afghanistan.
2nd Lt. Robert Kelly, the Son of Lt. Gen. John Kelly, was Killed Tuesday in a Roadside Bombing
By LUIS MARTINEZ
Nov. 11, 2010
The most recent fatality in the Marine battalion that has seen the heaviest casualties in Afghanistan right now was the son of a Marine three star general.
Continue reading "Son of Marine General Killed in Afghanistan" »
Arlington National Cemetery scandal prompts North Stafford High School junior to create graves database, website for veterans, families
Date published: 11/10/2010
By RUSTY DENNEN
When news of burial mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery unfolded over the summer, Ricky Gilleland was among those shaking their heads at the scandal.
Section 60, where more than a tenth of the casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rest, is home to service members who died recently, and young. The mourners have become like family.
By Faye Fiore, Los Angeles Times
November 11, 2010
Reporting from Arlington, Va. —
It's a perfect autumn Sunday and Chad Weikel is sitting outdoors, having a beer with his big brother, Ian. Chad's beer is resting in the cup holder of his folding chair. Ian's is propped up against his headstone.
Continue reading "At Arlington, 'we all share in the same loss'" »
11/10/2010 By Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes , Headquarters Marine Corps
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donna Ouellette said she lived the most bittersweet moment of her life when she accepted her son’s Navy Cross on his behalf.
Continue reading "Mother of fallen Marine is presented with her son’s Navy Cross" »
By Jeff Burlew • Senior Government Editor • Published: November 10. 2010
The Tallahassee Marine killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday is the son of Lt. Gen. John Kelly, commander of the Marine Forces Reserve based in New Orleans, said Lance Cpl. Michael Atchue, a public-affairs specialist for Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Continue reading "Tallahassee Marine killed in Afghanistan was son of general" »
By Associated Press
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — The family of a New Hampshire Marine killed in Afghanistan is being presented with one of the military’s highest decorations.
Continue reading "Family of NH marine to be given Navy Cross" »
by Stephanie Snyder - Nov. 9, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic
Only days after his March wedding, Matthew Broehm handed his wife a letter and boarded a bus that would take him back to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Continue reading "Arizona Marine dies in combat in Afghanistan" »
By: Emily Finnegan
November 08, 2010
HOYLETON -- A Southern Illinois Marine killed in the line of duty made his final trip back to the United States Sunday. The body of 26-year-old Jordan Emrick was flown into Dover Air Force Base Sunday evening. The Hoyleton native, and Nashville High School graduate, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Friday. Family and friends say he was a beloved member of the Hoyleton community.
Continue reading "Family and Friends Remember Fallen Marine" »
BY LAURA GIRRESCH - News-Democrat
Monday, Nov. 08, 2010
Nathan Kasten couldn't believe it when his young employee and friend announced he would forego college to join the military.
Continue reading "Local Marine killed in Afghanistan was a top student and 'free spirit'" »
Nov 8, 2010
KVOA.COM
SIERRA VISTA - For the second time in less than week, a Southern Arizona Service member is killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Buena High School Graduate killed in Afghanistan" »
Two Camp Pendleton Marines were killed in the attack
By ALICIA DEAN
Sun, Nov 7, 2010
Lance Cpl. Matthew J. Broehm of Flagstaff, Ariz and Lance Cpl. Brandon W. Pearson of Arvada, Colo. were providing security at an outpost in Southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan when someone started shooting at them.
Continue reading "Afghan Solider Suspected in Attack on Marines" »
By Katharine Houreld - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Nov 6, 2010 9:47:58 EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan— NATO said Saturday it is investigating whether an Afghan National Army soldier killed two coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, where joint forces are pushing into insurgent strongholds.
Continue reading "Afghan soldier may have killed 2 troops" »
By Yesenia Robles
The Denver Post
Posted: 11/06/2010
Knowing the dangers he would face in Afghanistan, Brandon Pearson took full advantage of life in the days before his deployment five weeks ago.
Continue reading "Arvada Marine Brandon Pearson, 21, killed in Afghanistan" »
By Jim Mayfield
Posted November 5, 2010
STUART — On the eve of the U.S. Marine Corps’ 235th birthday, the Martin County Detachment 1045, Marine Corps League celebrated Friday by changing its name in honor of Marine Lance Cpl. Justin J. Wilson, the first serviceman from Martin County to lose his life in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Martin County detachment renamed for slain Marine from Palm City" »
11/4/2010 By Lance Cpl. Lucas Vega , Marine Forces Reserve
MARINE FORCES RESERVE, New Orleans — Family, service members and fellow Marines gathered at the Belle Chasse chapel to pay respect to the late Sgt. Ryan Lekosky Nov. 3.
Continue reading "Slain Marine remembered at memorial service" »
11/4/10 07:51 pm Updated: 11/4/10 08:02 pm
By Jen Lynds
BDN Staff
HOULTON, Maine — For Mark Jago, the former headmaster of Greater Houlton Christian Academy, memories of 1st Lt. James Zimmerman are both plentiful and powerful. Jago watched the 25-year-old GHCA graduate and U.S. Marine, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday, grow up inside the classroom and out on the playground with his five daughters. He helped guide him through some tough academic years and smiled broadly when he turned Zimmerman’s tassel on graduation day in 2003.
Continue reading "Maine Marine recalled as ‘a fine young man’" »
By CLAIRE WEBB and ERIKA I. RITCHIE
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Nov. 2, 2010
LAGUNA HILLS – Ten Marines from the city's adopted 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines of the 1st Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton were killed while on patrol just 18 days into their deployment to Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Laguna Hills' adopted battalion loses 10 Marines" »
Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter
Date10.30.2010
Date Posted:11.02.2010 00:26
SANGIN, Afghanistan – Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, paused to honor their fallen brothers.
Continue reading "3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment memorializes fallen Marines" »
* November 2nd, 2010 9:23 am ET
Deployed for a year to Al Asad, Iraq, with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron-29, Sgt. Ryan Lekosky was murdered in the French Quarter of New Orleans early Sunday morning.
Continue reading "Marine Sgt. stabbed to death after Marine Corps Ball, in NOLA" »
He was fatally stabbed after a formal Marine Corps ball
By DANE SCHILLER
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Nov. 1, 2010, 8:01PM
A Marine from Texas survived combat in Iraq only to be murdered in the French Quarter — stabbed to death even as he wore his dress-blue uniform complete with battle commendations pinned to his chest.
Continue reading "Texas Marine dies defending his wife in French Quarter" »
Regimental Combat Team 1 - Lance Cpl. Andrew Johnston - 11.01.2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Throughout history, Marines have been called upon to fight enemies who oppress people and endanger our country’s freedom. Thousands of Marines have unselfishly stepped into harm’s way and answered that call with their lives. The legacy of past battles, fallen comrades, and sacrifices for country and Corps has permanently imprinted their names into history for generations to come.
Continue reading "2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, honor fallen brother" »
Courtesy Photo
(Photo by Sgt. Brian Lautenslager)
Date Taken: 10.27.2010
Date Posted: 10.29.2010 12:16
Photo ID:334810
Location:CAMP LEATHERNECK, AF
Staff Sgt. Joshua ‘JJ’ Cullins (pictured), an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), was killed, Oct. 19, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Friends and fellow service members gathered for a memorial at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, to honor the life and ultimate sacrifice of Cullins, 28, of Simi Valley, Calif.
Continue reading "Coalition Forces Honor Fallen EOD Marine, Friend" »
Posted on October 29, 2010 by Tivadar Domaniczky
1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Musa Qala, Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Memorial service in memory of HN Edwin P. Gonzalez, USN (February 6, 1989-October 8, 2010) and LCpl. Raymon L. Johnson, USMC (August 29, 1988-October 13, 2010) at Musa Qala district center, Helmand province, Afghanistan, October 21, 2010.
10/28/2010 By ROTOVUE Staff , Marine Corps Air Station New River
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER — In the early morning of October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, the First Battalion, 8th Marines Headquarters building was destroyed by a non-Lebanese, terrorist-driven truck, laden with compressed gas-enhanced explosives.
Story by Donna Miles | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | Date: 10.28.2010
WASHINGTON - As the U.S. Supreme Court contemplates whether protestors at military funerals are protected under First Amendment free-speech rights, a motorcycle group that travels the country attending those funerals as a show of support and respect rides on, undeterred by the political fray.
Continue reading "Motorcycle Group Supports Military Funerals" »
As a Marine reservist disarming roadside bombs in Afghanistan, Joshua Cullins knew he had one of the most dangerous jobs on Earth. He died just two days before he was to be reassigned.
By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times
October 27, 2010
He was only two days away from being reassigned to a base camp administrative job after spending six months in Afghanistan disarming roadside bombs.
Continue reading "Parents of LAPD officer killed by bomb had feared for his safety" »
By Kelly Koopmans
Story Published: Oct 23, 2010 at 8:57 PM PDT
EUGENE, Ore. -- The thundering roar of 100 engines echoed throughout Eugene as a caravan rolled into the parking lot of Garden Way Christian Church.
Continue reading "'One of the finest young men I ever coached'" »
Published: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 9:45 PM
Updated: Friday, October 22, 2010, 5:27 AM
Rohan Mascarenhas/The Star-Ledger
ELIZABETH — Marine Lance Cpl. Francisco R. Jackson called his family in Elizabeth on Monday to deliver a hopeful message from Afghanistan.
Published: Friday, October 22, 2010 2:01 PM CDT
Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson
Combat correspondent
Rows of military crosses solemnly lined Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field Oct. 15 during a memorial ceremony dedicated to the 74 men lost during to Regimental Combat Team 7’s recent deployment to Afghanistan.
BY SHANE ANTHONY • [email protected] > 636-255-7209 www.STLtoday.com
Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:20 am
St. Peters • A Marine who died in Afghanistan was remembered Thursday as an upbeat young man who took honor and duty seriously.
Continue reading "Marine from St. Charles County laid to rest" »
Published : Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010, 4:42 PM EDT
MYFOX NEW YORK STAFF REPORT
A Marine from New Jersey was killed in Afghanistan this week, the Department of Defense reported. Lance Cpl. Francisco R. Jackson, 24, of Elizabeth, died Oct. 19 during combat operations in Helmand province, the military said Wednesday.
Contributor: San Diego 6 News Team
Email: [email protected]
Last Update: 10/14 6:37 pm
SAN DIEGO - The Pentagon released the names today of four Camp Pendleton-based Marines who died in combat this week in Afghanistan.
By Tony Castro, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/20/2010 07:10:07 PM PDT
Friends who knew Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Cullins when he worked at his father's Northridge delicatessen said Wednesday they will always remember the slain Marine as a caring young man who wanted nothing more than to make his family proud.
Continue reading "Simi Valley Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
1st Marine Division
Story by Gunnery Sgt. William Price
Date 10.18.2010
Date Posted: 10.20.2010 00:12
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, paused to honor Lance Cpl. Ralph J. Fabbri during a memorial ceremony held at Camp Leatherneck, Oct. 18. Fabbri, 20, was killed in action, Sept. 28, while on patrol in the Sangin District.
Continue reading "Fallen Combat Camera Marine honored by 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment" »
Posted: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:56 am
By Hicham Raache
TIMES RECORD • [email protected]
A Clarksville Marine killed in battle on Thursday is remembered by family and fellow Marines as a decent and loving man who exemplified the strong character of a Marine.
Continue reading "Slain Marine, A Clarksville Graduate, Remembered" »
Eleven base troops have died in fighting since Oct. 8
By MARK WALKER
North County Times - Californian
Posted: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:14 pm
Two more Camp Pendleton Marines have been killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Monday, making the last five days the deadliest period for locally based troops since the war began in 2001.
Continue reading "Two more Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Afghanistan" »
Published: Monday, October 18, 2010, 8:25 PM
Alyssa Karas, The Oregonian
U.S. Marine Sgt. Ian M. Tawney always maintained close ties to his Dallas roots, but even from an early age, he loved to explore.
Continue reading "Dallas Marine, killed in Afghanistan, had strong sense of self" »
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Oct 18, 2010 18:25:26 EDT
Last November, President Obama announced that 30,000 additional U.S. troops, including 8,500 Marines, would deploy to Afghanistan. The troops would push the Corps’ footprint in hostile Helmand province to more than 20,000.
Continue reading "76 Marines killed in Afghanistan since May 1" »
By Hattie Brown Garrow
The Virginian-Pilot
© October 18, 2010
CHESAPEAKE
Signs of Cody are everywhere. American and Marine Corps flags wave in the front yard. Smaller flags line the sidewalk. // Inside, Wendy Childers opens a triangular wooden box at the foot of the fireplace. Tucked inside is the flag that draped her son's coffin.
Continue reading "Chesapeake mom's gifts keep memory of Marine son alive" »
WTKR-TV3
8:52 PM EDT, October 18, 2010
CHESAPEAKE - The mother of a local Marine killed in Afghanistan is taking action, helping other Marines serving overseas know they are loved and getting a taste of home.
1st Marine Division
Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter
Date 10.16.2010
Date Posted:10.17.2010 11:32
SANGIN, Afghanistan – Marines and sailors from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, in Sangin, paused to honor Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks. Sparks, 23, a machine gunner with Weapons Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines was killed in action, Oct. 8.
Continue reading "3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment memorializes fallen Marine" »
Cain killed serving in Afghanistan
By Charlie Mathews • Gannett Wisconsin Media • October 16, 2010
MANITOWOC — The devastating news spread Friday among friends and former Lincoln High School classmates that U.S. Marine Cpl. Justin J. Cain had been killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Manitowoc Marine Cpl. Justin J. Cain recalled as 'great guy'" »
The latest casualty, Lance Cpl. James D. Boelk, from Oceanside, died Friday
By MICHELLE WAYLAND and ALICIA DEAN
Updated 1:56 PM PDT, Sat, Oct 16, 2010
Nine Camp Pendleton-based Marines have been killed in Afghanistan in one week. All were members of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment.
Continue reading "9 Marines From Same Regiment Killed in Afghanistan" »
By Cathy Ingalls, Albany Democrat-Herald democratherald.com
Posted: Friday, October 15, 2010 7:30 am
The body of Albany Lance Cpl. Marine Joe Rodewald, who was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan, is expected to arrive Friday at Dover Air Force Base in Maryland.
Continue reading "Two memorials planned for Albany Marine" »
By Chris Green
RRSTAR.COM
Posted Oct 15, 2010 @ 10:52 PM
BYRON — The war in Afghanistan has struck close to home.
Continue reading "Byron Marine, 19, killed in Afghanistan" »
North County Times staff North County Times
Posted: Friday, October 15, 2010 11:01 pm
Seven Camp Pendleton-based Marines died in Afghanistan this week, including four who were killed in a single roadside bomb blast, making it perhaps the deadliest week for locally based troops since recent increases in military operations in the 9-year-old war.
Continue reading "Seven Camp Pendleton-based Marines killed this week in Afghanistan" »
By Teresa Woodard
FOX2now.com
9:35 p.m. CDT, October 14, 2010
ST. CHARLES, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) — There is somber news from Afghanistan. A local marine has died in combat. 19 year old Lance Corporal Phillip Vinnedge of St. Charles is one of four marines killed Wednesday. The Department of Defense says the four men, all stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, died in the Helmand province in Afghanistan. The Marine Times reports they were killed in an IED blast.
Continue reading "St. Charles Marine Killed in Afghanistan" »
Private First Class Victor A. Dew was one of four U.S. Marines killed Wednesday
Roseville Press Tribune
October 14, 2010
A Granite Bay man was killed Wednesday during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 10:50 AM PDT
MIDLAND, GA (WTVM) – News Leader 9 has learned a local Marine has died supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Continue reading "Area Marine dies supporting Operation Enduring Freedom" »
BY LARRY GIERER - ledger-enquirer.com
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
Lance Cpl. Raymon Johnson, a 22-year-old Marine from Columbus, has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. He was killed Wednesday. The family got the news the same day.
Continue reading "Marine Raymon Johnson, former Shaw High student, dies in Afghanistan" »
Regimental Combat Team 1
Story by Sgt. Jesse Stence
Date 10.13.2010
MARJAH, Afghanistan - If only Lance Cpl. Scott A. Lynch and Sgt. Matthew D. Matteoni could have heard what their brothers said. Or maybe Lynch, the clever rifleman, and Matteoni, the gregarious machine gunner, were gazing down on their memorial ceremony -- possibly saying a prayer for their brothers in 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
Continue reading "2nd Battalion, 6th Marines honors Marines, hardens resolve" »
Twenty-three-year old Marine Sergeant Frank Zaehringer III, born and raised in Reno, was killed in action early Monday while on patrol in Afghanistan.
Posted: 3:00 PM Oct 12, 2010
Reporter: Scott Howard
RENO - Twenty-three-year old Marine Sergeant Frank Zaehringer III, born and raised in Reno, was killed in action early Monday while on patrol in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Reno Marine Dies In Afghanistan While On Patrol" »
By Lance Cpl. Clayton L. VonDerAhe, 2nd Marine Division
10/12/2010
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Death is an inevitable part of life. Some reach ripe old ages and blink out of existence while others may be gone well before their time. It is never a joyous occasion when life is plucked prematurely, but either old or young, the actions performed and memories left behind will, in a sense, make them immortal.
Associated Press • October 12, 2010
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff statewide for a Marine from southwestern Michigan who died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Gov. Granholm orders flags lowered for Marine" »
Awarded Purple Heart and other honors
By Duaa Eldeib, Tribune reporter
7:37 p.m. CDT, October 12, 2010
A Chicago Marine on his first combat deployment was killed in Afghanistan on Friday.
By: Sara A. Carter
National Security Correspondent
October 11, 2010
HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN -- Jason Armas, a U.S. Marine Corps captain, scrolled through the photographs of four bearded Afghan men believed to be responsible for the assassination of Marine 1st Lt. Scott J. Fleming.
Continue reading "Search for Marine lieutenant's killer meets Afghan obstacles" »
Camp Lejeune (military base)
By Fred Tasker, The Miami Herald
6:22 p.m. EDT, October 10, 2010
U.S. Navy sailor Edwin Gonzalez's friends called him Superman. He liked the idea so much he had a 5-inch "S'' tattooed on his chest.
Continue reading "North Miami Beach sailor dies in Afghanistan" »
WSB News
By Jay Black
October 9, 2010 3:19 AM
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.
(AP) Military officials say a Marine based at Camp Lejeune has been killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine Cpl. from Ga. Killed in Afghanistan" »
10/7/2010 By Lance Cpl. Michelle S. Mattei , Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — With more than four thousand hours dedicated to sewing, almost six thousand fallen heroes’ names are now recognized in eight beautifully-woven quilts displayed in their honor.
Continue reading "Fallen heroes honored with memorial quilt" »
October 07, 2010 6:02 PM
DAILY NEWS STAFF
A Camp Lejeune-based Marine died this week in Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department.
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Jason's Death in Iraq Left Room for a Marine at the Dunhams' House; Gunner Fit the Bill
By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS
OCTOBER 6, 2010
SCIO, N.Y.—Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog mustered out of the Marines for canine post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new home with Deb and Dan Dunham, whose Marine son died in Iraq protecting the men beside him.
Continue reading "Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero" »
Oct. 6, 2010
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices expressed empathy Wednesday for a father whose Marine Corps son was killed in Iraq and whose funeral was protested by fundamentalist pastor Fred Phelps and his anti-gay followers.
Continue reading "Supreme Court struggles with free speech question" »
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer – October 6, 2010
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices, in a rare public display of sympathy, strongly suggested Wednesday they would like to rule for a dead Marine's father against fundamentalist church members who picketed his son's funeral — but aren't sure they can.
Continue reading "High court: Does father's pain trump free speech?" »
October 04, 2010 8:53 AM
UNION CITY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3)
A West Michigan Marine killed in Afghanistan returns home Monday.
Continue reading "Marine killed in Afghanistan returns home" »
Good Friends at the Naval Academy and Both Killed in Combat, Travis Manion and Brendan Looney Now Lie in Rest Together
By David Martin
Oct. 4, 2010
(CBS) Travis Manion and Brendan Looney were roommates at the Naval Academy, close as brothers. One became a Marine and went to Iraq, the other a Navy Seal in Afghanistan. On Monday they were reunited, side-by-side in Arlington National cemetery, reports CBS News correspondent David Martin.
Continue reading "Brothers in Arms, Side-by-Side at Arlington" »
Sgt. Anthony D. Matteoni was 22
Updated: Monday, 04 Oct 2010, 9:53 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 04 Oct 2010, 9:49 PM EDT
UNION CITY, Mich. (AP) - A Marine from southwestern Michigan who a family friend said was expected to become a father in February has died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, the military announced Monday.
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Oct 3, 2010 11:07:20 EDT
Last November, President Obama announced that 30,000 additional U.S. troops, including 8,500 Marines, would deploy to Afghanistan. The troops would push the Corps’ footprint in hostile Helmand province to more than 20,000.
Continue reading "76 Marines killed in Afghanistan since May 1" »
By SCOTT CANON
The Kansas City Star
Posted on Sat, Oct. 02, 2010 10:15 PM
Through the songs and the speeches about fallen Marines and sailors, through a moment of silence filled by the sounds of flags snapping in the wind and fighter jets thundering overhead, Mary Donahue dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.
Continue reading "Fallen sailors and Marines honored at dedication of eagle statue memorial" »
By Logan Burruss, CNN
October 2, 2010 8:18 a.m. EDT
(CNN) -- In a quiet ceremony Friday at Arlington National Cemetery, a Marine killed three years ago in Iraq was reburied to be next to his close friend, a Navy SEAL who was recently killed in Afghanistan and who will be laid to rest alongside the Marine on Monday.
Continue reading "Two U.S. war casualties three years apart share a final resting place" »
POSTED: 4:37 pm EDT October 2, 2010
CORBIN, Ky. -- The Department of Defense said a Marine from southeastern Kentucky has died during combat operations in Afghanistan.
Date Taken: 09.29.2010
Date Posted: 10.02.2010 12:03
Cpl. Jorge Villarreal, a motor transportation mechanic with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, leans over the edge of a compound in Kajaki to remind his fellow Marines why they are here, and what it is they are fighting for.
The Associated Press
Friday, Oct. 01, 2010
CORBIN, Ky. -- The Department of Defense says a Marine from southeastern Kentucky has died during combat operations in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Ky. Marine killed during combat in Afghanistan" »
1st Marine Division
Story by Cpl. Ned Johnson
Date 10.01.2010
FIREBASE SEINZ, Afghanistan – For years, military members have been naming bases and buildings after fallen warriors.
Continue reading "1/11 names firebase, honors fallen Marine" »
An artist named Kaziah Hancock paints portraits of fallen soldiers free of charge for their families as part of Project Compassion. Video by KARE 11/ Minneapolis/ St. Paul.
By Nicholas K. Geranios
Associated Press
2:43 p.m., Thursday, September 30, 2010
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The White House apologized Thursday for turning the family of a Medal of Honor recipient away from an exclusive tour last week because the late veteran's 10-year-old grandson was wearing shorts.
Continue reading "Veteran's family denied White House tour because of shorts" »
By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 10:08 PM PDT
Updated: Sep 30, 2010 4:28 AM PDT
YORK, Pa. — One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for freedom in Iraq, but not for the right of some "wackos" to spew hate at soldiers' funerals under the protection of the Constitution.
Continue reading "High court looks at military funeral protests" »
Pa. Marine combat photographer dies in Afghanistan
September 29, 2010
GALLITZIN, Pa. (AP) — A Marine from central Pennsylvania has been killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Pa. Marine combat photographer dies in Afghanistan" »
Swanton, Vermont - September 24, 2010
Vermont has suffered another loss in the War in Afghanistan. A young Marine from Swanton has been killed in the war zone.
Continue reading "U.S. Marine from Vt. killed in Afghanistan" »
Thursday, September 23, 2010 | 11:49 a.m. CDT
BY Esten Hurtle
COLUMBIA — Though most people don't know it, the last Sunday in September is a day set aside to honor the mothers of troops lost in battle.
Continue reading "Columbia group hopes to spread awareness of Gold Star Mother's Day" »
Published: Thursday, September 23, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has identified the nine American troops killed in the worst coalition helicopter crash in Afghanistan in four years.
Continue reading "U.S. IDs 9 Americans killed in Afghanistan crash" »
Reported by: Joy Lambert
Last Update: 9/22 10:24 pm
HERNANDO, MS - A Hernando Marine, killed in Afghanistan, arrived back in the states Wednesday. Private First Class Josh Ose was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, September 20.
Posted: 7:33 PM Sep 21, 2010
The Department of Defense says a Camp Lejeune Marine from Mississippi was killed Monday in Afghanistan.
The Marine Corps says 19-year-old Pfc. Joshua S. Ose of Hernando was part of a foot patrol and died after being struck by small arms fire in the southern Helmand Province.
Continue reading "Camp Lejeune Marine Dies In Afghanistan" »
John Davis • Poughkeepsie Journal • September 21, 2010
A new U.S. military intelligence compound in the desert of Afghanistan bears the name of a Marine captain from Pleasant Valley who died in battle there.
Continue reading "Military compound named after local Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
By Rhonda Cook
10:09 p.m. Saturday, September 18, 2010
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The words from a Marine captain were according to script, but they tore a hole in a father’s heart.
Continue reading "Marine from Marietta killed in Afghanistan" »
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan Media Operations Center
Story by 1st Lt. Neil Samson
Date 09.17.2010
An Afghan-led force, advised by members of Special Operations Task Force – South, was tipped off by locals to a large weapons cache and recovered a number of improvised explosive devices and IED-making material, Sept. 16, in the Arghandab River Valley.
Continue reading "Afghan-led partnered force finds insurgents’ weapons stockpile" »
By Cali Bagby for KVAL.com
Story Published: Sep 13, 2010 at 12:06 PM PDT
PATROL BASE KHERSE, Afghanistan - First Sgt. Jeff Craig calls out the names of the Marines in Echo Company, and one by one they answer.
Marine from Columbus was serving his third tour of duty
Star report
Posted: September 10, 2010
Two Indiana servicemen died this week in fighting in the Middle East, one of them among the first U.S. service members killed in Iraq since President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations in the country last week.
Man Was On Third Tour Of Duty
POSTED: 11:57 am EDT September 9, 2010
VERSAILLES, Ind. -- A local Marine who was killed in Afghanistan was on his third tour of duty overseas, but the first one in that country.
Continue reading "SE Indiana Marine Killed In Afghanistan" »
The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, Sep. 08, 2010
CONCORD, N.H. New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter says a Marine from Goffstown has been killed in Afghanistan.
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Lance Cpl. Benjamin
Date 09.05.2010
Date Posted:09.08.2010 07:40
PATROL BASE BEIRUT, Afghanistan — Marines of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, paid tribute to the lives and service of two fallen brothers during a joint memorial service at Patrol Base Beirut, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 5.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 02:53 AM
By Suzanne Hoholik
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Sgt. Jesse Balthaser, 23, died instantly when he stepped on a roadside bomb after his unit was involved in a firefight, his girlfriend said.
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1st Marine Logistics Group Public Affairs
Story by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Jasik
Date 09.07.2010
Date Posted: 09.07.2010 08:43
Location:CAMP LEATHERNECK, AF
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Marines from 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) gathered to pay final respects to their fallen comrade, Master Sgt. Daniel L. Fedder, who died, Aug. 27, while conducting counterinsurgency operations in Helmand province. He was 34 years old.
Continue reading "Marines gather to remember fallen EOD technican" »
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Story by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Crilly
Date09.07.2010
COMBAT OUTPOST KHERSE, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan — Marines of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, paid tribute to the life and service of a fallen brother during a memorial service at Combat Outpost Kherse, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 5.
Continue reading "Marines honor fallen brother, machine gunner" »
Laney graduate was killed while on patrol
By Amy Hotz
[email protected]
Published: Monday, September 6, 2010 at 3:44 p.m.
On Sept. 3, Laney High School graduate and Marine Lance Cpl. Ross Carver, 21, was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine from Wilmington dies in Afghanistan" »
9/5/2010 By 1st Lt. Barry Morris , Regimental Combat Team 2
CAMP Delaram II, Afghanistan —
Marines from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, held a memorial service, Sept. 3, to commemorate the life of Cpl. Christopher J. Boyd, who was killed in action, Aug. 19. He was 22 years old.
Continue reading " 2nd Bn., 4th Marines honor fallen warrior" »
Updated: Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 7:50 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 02 Sep 2010, 11:20 PM EDT
* Aaron Mason
* Posted by: Eli George
HORNELL, N.Y. (WIVB) - It is a tremendous honor for the family of a fallen Marine from the southern tier.
Continue reading "Post Office renamed after fallen Marine" »
By RANDY WELLS
Published: Friday, September 3, 2010 11:15 AM EDT
KENWOOD - Penns Manor High School teachers remembered one of their former students who died Thursday in Afghanistan as a jovial young man with many friends who enjoyed having a good time and lighting up a classroom with his personality.
Continue reading "Marine from Penns Manor killed in Afghanistan" »
by Matthew W. Quinn
The Griffin Daily News
September 2, 2010
A Marine from Griffin was killed in Afghanistan Wednesday morning.
Story Published: Sep 1, 2010 at 10:50 PM MDT
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Department of Defense confirms a Boise marine has been killed in Afghanistan.
POSTED: 9:50 pm CDT September 1, 2010
NEW ORLEANS -- A local family is remembering a Marine from Kenner who was killed in fighting in Afghanistan.
The Associated Press
Posted: 08/30/2010 06:07:11 PM PDT
PINE CITY, Minn.—A highly decorated Marine bomb disposal technician from Pine City in central Minnesota was killed by a roadside bomb in Helmand province of Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Monday.
Continue reading "Marine from central Minn. killed in Afghanistan" »
Jim Peppard August 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. -- A Marine from Florida was killed in Afghanistan Sunday, the U.S. Defense Department said today.
By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY
August 30, 2010
YORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder tears up, then turns angry as he recalls burying his Marine son while members of the anti-gay fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church picketed nearby.
Continue reading "Protest at military funeral ignites a test of free speech" »
August 30, 2010 5:47 AM
HOPE HODGE
Two Camp Lejeune Marines who gave everything for their country in 2008, are remembered two years later in an unusual way: a comic strip.
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THE DAILY NEWS, JACKSONVILLE, N.C. | August 29, 2010
Aug. 29--The Defense Department has identified a Navy casualty from Camp Lejeune.
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 | Posted by Andrea Freygang
Hero is a word often used. On rare occasion, it describes an ordinary person who does something extraordinary. Marine Corporal Jason Dunham was a real hero, one who gave his life on the battlefield to save two of his fellow Marines.
Continue reading "Honoring a hero: Naval ship commissioning at Port Everglades" »
By Matt Arado | Daily Herald StaffContact writer
Published: 8/29/2010
Stephen Oratowski said his son Kevin went by many nicknames during his life, including a few that "I probably shouldn't repeat inside church."
Continue reading "Loved ones salute fallen Wheaton soldier" »
Wheaton 23-year-old called 'courageous,' 'determined,' 'shy'
August 28, 2010|By Jack McCarthy, Special to the Tribune
Before he was killed last week in Afghanistan, Kevin Oratowski was a shy, sometimes stubborn kid who ultimately found pride and purpose in the Marine Corps, his family and friends said Saturday.
Continue reading "Family, friends mourn Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Wheaton 23-year-old called 'courageous,' 'determined,' 'shy'
By Jack McCarthy, Special to the Tribune
7:27 p.m. CDT, August 28, 2010
Before he was killed last week in Afghanistan, Kevin Oratowski was a shy, sometimes stubborn kid who ultimately found pride and purpose in the Marine Corps, his family and friends said Saturday.
Continue reading "Family, friends mourn Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
By FRED SWEGLES
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Aug. 27, 2010
Updated: 9:37 a.m.
A Marine lance corporal from San Clemente who was killed in action in Afghanistan a year ago will be remembered with a scholarship.
Continue reading "Scholarship to honor fallen O.C. Marine" »
By Justin George and Emily Nipps, Times Staff Writers
In Print: Friday, August 27, 2010
TAMPA — Liza Natkin wants people to know about the boy in the pictures: her son at the Keys, in his senior portrait, holding a rifle, flexing his muscles in the mirror, playing electric guitar.
Continue reading "Mother of fallen Marine shares her grief with public" »
By The Associated Press
August 26, 2010
As of Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at least 1,145 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
Continue reading "US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,145" »
By Ashok Selvam | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 8/26/2010
A moment of silence is planned Friday to remember fallen Marine C.J. Boyd during Palatine High School's away football game versus Lake Forest High School.
Continue reading "Moment of silence, memorial service planned to remember fallen Marine" »
By Martin Weil
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Marine Corps Sgt. Ronald A. Rodriguez, 26, who grew up in Northern Virginia, was overseas for the third time when he was killed Monday in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine from Falls Church killed by bomb in Afghanistan" »
By LESLIE WILLIAMS ([email protected])
Journal Star
Posted Aug 24, 2010 @ 06:51 PM
CREVE COEUR — The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Continue reading "Creve Coeur Marine died Monday in Afghanistan" »
Posted in August 24th, 2010
by Claudette Rothman in Connecticut, Military, condolences
Connecticut’s Gov. M. Jodi Rell ordered flags around the state to be flown at half-staff to honor a Glastonbury man who was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend.
Continue reading "Connecticut Sgt. Steven DeLuzio killed during tour of duty in Afghanistan" »
WTKR-TV3
6:09 PM EDT, August 24, 2010
A Virginia Marine has been killed in Afghanistan.
BY BILL O'BRIEN, ALEX PIAZZA, and LINDSAY VANHULLE
Traverse City Record Eagle
August 24, 2010
TRAVERSE CITY — Jason Dean Calo was a bona fide leader who quarterbacked his football team to victory against area rivals.
Continue reading "Local Marine dies Sunday in Afghanistan" »
Military announces Marine death in Afghanistan
Posted: August 24, 2010
Associated Press
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Military officials say a North Carolina-based Marine has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.
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Posted on Monday, 08.23.10
The Associated Press
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Military officials say a North Carolina-based Marine has been killed in combat in Afghanistan.
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By Hattie Brown Garrow
The Virginian-Pilot
© August 21, 2010
Lance Cpl. Cody S. Childers, 19, died Friday while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the Department of Defense announced today.
Continue reading "Marine from Chesapeake killed in Afghanistan" »
August 21, 2010
WRAL.com
Camp Lejeune, N.C. — A Camp Lejeune-based Marine died Friday in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.
August 21, 2010
WRAL.com
Camp Lejeune, N.C. — A Camp Lejeune-based Marine died Friday in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.
By Ashok Selvam and Eric Peterson | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 8/20/2010
A kind, considerate and hardworking Marine from Palatine who dreamed of a career in the military has been killed in action in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine from Palatine killed in Afghanistan" »
Eric Horng
August 20, 2010 (WLS)The war in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of two Marines from the Chicago area.
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By Robert Sanchez | Daily Herald Staff
Published: 8/20/2010
Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski's ties to Glenbard South High School remained strong in the five years since he graduated.
Continue reading "Marine killed in Afghanistan had strong ties to Glenbard South" »
By Bob Susnjara
Daily Herald Staff Contact writer
Published: 8/19/2010 10:18 PM
A Marine from Wheaton was killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday while in combat in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine from Wheaton dies in Afghanistan" »
August 19, 2010
--William Lee
A Marine from Wheaton who was serving in his first combat deployment was killed by a blast in southwest Afghanistan, military officials said today.
Continue reading "'A great guy' from Wheaton killed in Afghanistan" »
By SHARON COHEN (AP) – 8-18-2010
In the summer twilight, a crowd gathers on a baseball diamond in Seattle, candles in hand, to remember a sailor who not long ago ran this dusty path.
Continue reading "War comes home: Day-by-day, services honor fallen" »
1st Marine Division
Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter
Date: 08.18.2010
KAJAKI, Afghanistan – Marines from 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2 in Kajaki, paused to honor Sgt. Jose Luis Saenz III. Saenz was killed in action, Aug 9. He was 30-years-old.
Continue reading "1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment memorializes fallen Marine" »
Kate McGinty • The Desert Sun • August 17, 2010
The state lowered its Capitol flags Monday in honor of a decorated Twentynine Palms staff sergeant who was killed in action.
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Aug 17, 2010 4:52 pm US/Eastern
GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press Writer
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) ― Lance Cpl. Abram LaRue Howard had a job waiting for him when he got back from Afghanistan in September.
Continue reading "Fallen Pa. Marine Embraced Proud Family Tradition" »
By Heather Sorentrue, Reporter
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 8:40 PM
LEESBURG --
A U.S. Marine who decided to join the military on Sept. 11, 2001, his 18th birthday, has died while serving in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine's family dreaded knock at door for seven years" »
Sgt. Michael Bock Killed in Friday Incident
KETV.com
POSTED: 8:58 am CDT August 14, 2010
UPDATED: 5:30 am CDT August 16, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. -- A Springfield, Neb., native serving in the U.S. Marines died Friday in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Springfield Native, Marine, Dies in Afghanistan" »
by JOSHUA SUDOCK
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Aug. 15, 2010
Updated: Aug. 16, 2010 1:09 a.m.
Motivated by a love for the men and women of the armed forces and a passion for rock n' roll, more than 100 people gathered at Tortilla Jo's restaurant in Anaheim Sunday to support the families of Sgt. Maj. Robert Cottle and Lance Cpl. Rick Centanni, two Yorba Linda Marines who lost their lives in Afghanistan earlier this year.
Continue reading "Rocker's gift is music to Marines families' ears" »
BY NAOMI R. PATTON
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Posted: Aug. 15, 2010
Twenty-two U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion 24th Marine Reserve, based at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, who died during their seven-month tour in Iraq were honored Saturday with a granite memorial bearing their names dedicated in Canton's Heritage Park.
Continue reading "Remembering the bravery of Selfridge's 22 Marines" »
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Aug 14, 2010 14:28:22 EDT
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.— Nearly two years after approving the award, the Marine Corps on Aug. 12 presented the Bronze Star medal with V device to the mother of a squad leader killed in a 2007 IED blast in Iraq.
A Knoxville-based Marine has died after being wounded in Afghanistan.
Reporter: Nick Bona
Email Address: [email protected]
Aug 14, 2010
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – A Knoxville-based Marine has died after being wounded in Afghanistan.
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By BILL WEST -
August 13, 2010
Star Beacon
ASHTABULA — Lance Corporal Kevin Michael Cornelius, age 20, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan, while serving in the United States Marine Corps in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
By Darrell Clem • OBSERVER STAFF WRITER • August 12, 2010
In a somber, patriotic tribute to fallen U.S. Marines who died in Fallujah, Iraq, a new memorial will be dedicated during a ceremony set for 3 p.m. Saturday at the Canton Veterans Memorial Wall in Heritage Park.
Regimental Combat Team-7, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs
Date Posted:08.12.2010
Story by Staff Sgt. Luis Agostini
MARJAH, Afghanistan – A memorial service for Lance Cpl. Abram L. Howard was held at the Marjah District government center in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 12.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine remembered as jokester, athlete, friend" »
Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:22 am
Pfc Vincent E. Gammone III, 19, of Christiana passed away Saturday, August 7, 2010 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afganistan.
© 2010 The Associated Press
Aug. 12, 2010, 8:58AM
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department says two more Texans in the military have died in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "2 Texans in military killed in Afghanistan" »
A detainee who killed two Marines on Saturday escaped from a room at an Afghan-controlled detention center and obtained a rifle before opening fire on Marines and Afghan security forces who gave chase, a Marine spokesman said.
Continue reading "Escaped detainee was under Afghan control" »
Wife eulogizes Spring resident who was killed in Afghanistan
By LINDSAY WISE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Aug. 10, 2010
Lauren Martin had promised herself two things growing up: No. 1, never work in a restaurant, and No. 2, never marry a man in the military.
Two Marines were killed during an attempted prisoner escape this weekend in southern Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Pentagon identifies fallen Lejeune Marines" »
Cpl. Max W. Donahue Killed In Combat Last Week
SAN DIEGO -- The Pentagon released the name Monday of a 23-year-old Camp Pendleton-based Marine killed in combat last week in Afghanistan.
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Gallenberg, Zachary S. Age 23. Found Eternal Peace on August 6, 2010. With pride and honor, Zach is a former U.S. Marine Corporal who served his country with 2 tours in Iraq.
Waukesha Police have a man in custody for a Friday morning shooting that left an Iraq war veteran dead.
Received from the family of West Seattle sailor Jarod Newlove, killed last week in Afghanistan:
Continue reading "Memorial service, procession Monday for PO2 Jarod Newlove" »
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan – An estimated 1,000 military personnel gathered in a hangar here Aug. 2 to remember two 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) helicopter pilots who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Continue reading "Marines Remember Fallen Cobra Pilots in Afghanistan" »
July 31, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A funeral was held Saturday for a Marine from the western suburbs. Lance Cpl. Frederik Vazquez was killed in Afghanistan last week.
Continue reading "Loved ones, Marines mourn fallen 19-year-old" »
CBS News' Terry McCarthy on How Military Wives Cope With the Fear of Bad News
(CBS) As part of our continuing coverage of "Afghanistan: the Road Ahead," CBS News correspondent Terry McCarthy follows the Third Battalion, First Marines at home, and abroad in Afghanistan.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif
In war, there are two fronts - one where troops face the enemy in battle. And one where their loved ones wait, and worry that they'll receive the worst kind of news.
Staff report
Posted : Friday Jul 30, 2010 18:47:47 EDT
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Lance Cpl. Shane R. Martin was killed during combat operations Thursday in southern Afghanistan, military officials said Friday.
Staff report
Posted : Thursday Jul 29, 2010 14:24:48 EDT
A reserve Marine died Tuesday in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department has announced.
Continue reading "Reserve lance cpl. dies in Helmand province" »
KABUL, Afghanistan — A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.
Continue reading "2nd US Navy sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan" »
Life insurers are secretly profiting from death benefits owed to the survivors of service members and other Americans.
Posted : Monday Jul 26, 2010 17:51:09 EDT
A North Carolina-based Marine died last Saturday in Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department.
Staff report
Posted : Monday Jul 26, 2010 18:58:57 EDT
Two Marine helicopter pilots were killed last Thursday during combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the Defense Department announced Monday.
Continue reading "3rd MAW helo pilots killed in Helmand province" »
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – A crowd of service members, civilians and friends gathered for a memorial service July 25 to honor the life and ultimate sacrifice of Gunnery Sgt. Christopher L. Eastman, 28, of Moose Pass, Alaska, who died July 18 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province.
Continue reading "Fallen EOD Marine ‘laid Down His Life for Others’" »
Posted : Thursday Jul 22, 2010 12:37:49 EDT
Two 23-year-old Marines died this week in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
POULSBO — A Marine who grew up in Kitsap County and whose family still lives in the area died in Afghanistan on Sunday.
Continue reading "Marine With Kitsap Ties Dies While Serving in Afghanistan" »
WAR: Cpl. Julio Vargas, 23, is second Afghanistan death from Camp Pendleton this week.
Just 23, Marine Cpl. Julio Vargas had a lot to look forward to.
Continue reading "Sylmar Marine had plans for home, family" »
A Twentynine Palms Marine has died while in the line of combat in Afghanistan, it was announced Wednesday.
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The body of an Alaska Marine killed in Afghanistan was returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware this morning.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – John Antonik said his son was supposed to come home next month.
By Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno - Guam Pacific Daily News via Gannett
Posted : Tuesday Jul 20, 2010 14:56:54 EDT
ROTA, Northern Mariana Islands — As the father of a Marine in a war zone, David Mundo Santos’ heart sank when he saw a pair of unexpected visitors walk up to his front door.
Continue reading "Father claims son was killed by another Marine" »
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. —
Department of Defense officials say two North Carolina-based Marines have been killed in Afghanistan
Continue reading "2 NC-based Marine killed in southern Afghanistan" »
"60 Minutes" Producer Henry Schuster Reflects On The Death of An American Soldier
I stared at the e-mail with disbelief. The header read "Sad News."
At one point in high school, Tyler Allen Roads was struggling with his grades, so Larry Snelling, superintendent of the Fall River Joint Unified School District, went to have a chat with the boy he’d known for years.
Continue reading "Grief and gratitude at funeral for Marine Tyler Roads" »
The Rev. Ken Frazier and the U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard officiated at the graveside service for Lance Cpl. Tyler Allen Roads Saturday, July 17, 2010, at the Burney District Cemetery on Bailey Avenue. Among the friends and family speaking before the nearly 600 in attendance were Supt. Larry Snelling of the Fall River Joint Unified School District.
Continue reading "In Memory...Lance Cpl. Tyler Allen Roads" »
A Marine from Pleasant View was just a month away from coming home when he was killed in Afghanistan on July 9, his mother said Tuesday.
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Ritter Orders Flags Lowered To Half-Staff Wednesday
DENVER -- Colorado state flags will be at half-staff Wednesday as the state honors a Marine from Boulder killed in Aghanistan.
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A 29-year-old decorated Marine from Crystal Lake was killed Sunday while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, according to a release from the Department of Defense.
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By Deb Riechmann - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 14, 2010 8:07:40 EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan soldier killed three British service members with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade in the dead of night, a betrayal that highlights the difficulties in rapidly building up Afghan security forces so that foreign troops can go home.
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Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Jul 13, 2010 18:42:51 EDT
Three Marines have died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
Camp Lejeune, N.C. — Two Marines based at Camp Lejeune died last week in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
Continue reading "Two Lejeune Marines killed in Afghanistan" »
Camp Lejeune, N.C. — Two Marines based at Camp Lejeune died last week in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger offered his condolences today to the family of Lance Cpl. Tyler Allen Roads of Burney.
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Died while swimming at recreational beach July 4th
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (WAVY) - The Navy says three Norfolk-based Marines died while swimming on July 4 at one of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's recreational beaches.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Lance Wilson, father of Marine Justin Wilson of Palm City, still has not taken off his son's dog tags.
Continue reading "Palm City Marine killed in Afghanistan buried in Arlington with full honors" »
Six years after Sgt. Rafael Peralta saved several lives by smothering an enemy grenade in Iraq, his brother Ricardo follows in his footsteps by becoming a Marine. 'I have big shoes to fill,' he says.
Reporting from Camp Pendleton-- At his brother's funeral nearly six years ago, Ricardo Peralta made him a promise: He would join the Marine Corps and carry on in his example.
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Family and friends of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Allen Roads spent today on what would have been his 21st birthday mourning and recounting memories of his life.
Continue reading "Family, friends recount fallen Marine's life" »
Almost three weeks since a Spokane Valley Marine was killed in action in Afghanistan, hundreds of motorcyclists, including retired Marines, roared outside of his childhood home to pay tribute to the young man.
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Burney residents are in mourning as word spreads of the death of 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Allen Roads of Burney, who was shot and killed Friday in an Afghanistan combat zone.
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Joshua Dumaw remembered in standing-room-only service
Joshua R. Dumaw was remembered Thursday as a man of courage, loyalty, and leadership; a man of adventure who had an endless smile for any soul who crossed his path.
Continue reading "Family, friends honor Spokane Valley Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
FOB DELARAM I, Afghanistan —
Men and women of America have been honoring those who die on her battlefield since Arlington National Cemetery was built after the Civil War, but few understand that honor better than the Marines.
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Thornton Marine Remembered By Family, Friends
THORNTON, Colo. -- The parents of a Thornton Marine killed in combat said he died while saving another Marine's life.
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HARRISBURG — Tim Salisbury never thought anyone but family and close friends would remember his brother, Jim, who died in Vietnam 42 years ago.
A 24-year-old Marine from Thornton was killed by a roadside bomb Thursday while on a combat foot patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the U.S. Marines Corps said today.
LANSING — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered U.S. flags statewide lowered Friday in honor of Marine Cpl. Daane A. DeBoer, who was killed in Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON – It’s an iconic scene: Six men stand together halfway around the world from home and raise a flag on top of Mount Suribachi. When the men returned home, their story of valor on Iwo Jima lifted a nation to its feet in the midst of the turning point of World War II.
Joe Caskey followed his grandfather, father, mother and two older brothers into the military after graduating from North Hills High School in 2004.
SPOKANE -- A week since his death in Afghanistan was announced by the Pentagon members of Marine Corporal Josh Dumaw’s family have taken some time to honor their son’s memory and service.
PLACENTIA – In a bright gym plastered with yellow championship banners commemorating student achievement, a somber crowd of 500 gathered Monday night to remember a different kind of El Dorado High School champion: a local Marine who gave his life in battle.
Continue reading "Marine remembered as 'modern day Spartan'" »
ZANESVILLE -- Look into Lance Cpl. Nicholas W. B. Bloem's eyes and you see trust.
DETROIT (AP) — A Marine whose experience hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail while raising money for a charity helped lead him to enlist in the military has died while fighting in Afghanistan, his father said Monday.
Continue reading "Marine with Ludington ties killed in Afghanistan" »
Staff report
Posted : Monday Jun 28, 2010 20:22:07 EDT
OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Two Camp Pendleton-based Marines and a Marine from Camp Lejeune, N.C., were killed during combat operations in separate incidents in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, Defense Department officials announced Monday.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The aunt of a 23-year-old Marine corporal from San Jose who was killed in Afghanistan says the family worried about him and told him about the dangers of military service.
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YORBA LINDA – Flags will fly at half-staff in Yorba Linda through next week in honor of Marine Cpl. Claudio Patiño IV, who was killed in action Tuesday in Afghanistan.
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Men died in separate incidents during June
Military officials Thursday announced the deaths of four Marines based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms who were killed this month while serving in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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Cpl. Jeffrey Robert Standfest was a natural leader whose winning presence allowed him to take control of various situations with ease. Equipped with a clear and calculating focus, he possessed a tough-minded, "take charge" attitude. He had the ability to make even routine situations seem exciting, and he was at ease with the role of playing problem solver. Jeffrey always sought out the scene of where the action was. Sociable, analytical and pleasant, Jeffrey was an individual who enjoyed life's challenges.
Continue reading "Cpl. Jeffrey Robert Standfest, USMC In Memory" »
YORBA LINDA – Marine Cpl. Claudio Patiño IV had been home from Afghanistan for only few weeks when he started talking about going back.
Continue reading "Fallen Yorba Linda Marine wanted to return to war" »
SPOKANE VALLEY -- Friends are saying goodbye to a young local Marine killed in Afghanistan.
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Chillicothe Marine among those honored
ZANESVILLE -- The Lima Company Memorial, a powerful display of paintings honoring the fallen heroes of Lima Company, including one from Chillicothe, will be in Zanesville beginning on Friday. Twenty-two Marines and a Navy Corpsman from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, lost their lives while serving in Iraq in 2005. Among them was Lance Cpl. Aaron Reed, of Chillicothe.
CAMP DELARAM II, HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan — With our nation at war, young men and women have constantly answered the call to bear arms and protect the nation’s way of life. With every war come casualties. On June 16, Cpl. Jeffrey Standfest was counted among many of America’s fallen warriors.
Continue reading " Engineer falls victim to IED, leaves heritage of honorable service" »
A North Carolina-based Marine died Tuesday while supporting combat operations in Nimroz province, Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
Continue reading "MCAS Cherry Point cpl. dies in Nimroz province" »
Flags To Be Lowered Friday For Cpl. Jeffrey R. Standfest
LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered U.S. flags be lowered statewide to honor a 23-year-old Marine from St. Clair County who was killed in Afghanistan.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy G. "Win" Serwinowski looked forward to sitting down with his father later this summer and discussing his future.
MIAMI (WSVN) -- A local Navy seaman made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
Continue reading "South Florida Navy seaman dies in Afghanistan" »
Staff and wire reports
Posted : Sunday Jun 20, 2010 14:00:29 EDT
The Defense Department on Saturday announced the death of a hospital corpsman serving in Afghanistan.
PARK HILLS, Mo. — A Missourian who was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan had served for years in the Navy before switching branches and deploying twice with the Marines.
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MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends,” quoted Navy Lt. Michael Taylor, the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, chaplain, from John 15:13, in the New American Standard Bible.
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Staff writer
Posted : Friday Jun 18, 2010 10:24:55 EDT
A California-based Marine died Wednesday in Afghanistan, the Defense Department has announced.
CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A 23-year-old Marine from St. Clair County described by those who knew him as proud of his service has died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, the military said Thursday.
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Staff report
Posted : Thursday Jun 17, 2010 16:25:31 EDT
A Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based Marine died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
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Services for Air Force 1st Lt. Joel Gentz of Grass Lake have been scheduled for 10 a.m. June 24 at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Chelsea. A private burial at Oak Grove East Cemetery in Chelsea is to follow.
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The Texan was one of five Marines from Camp Pendleton to die in Afghanistan in the last nine days.
Reporting from Camp Pendleton — Sgt. Brandon Bury was remembered Monday as a big-hearted Texan, described by an aunt as "a Marine and a sweetie pie all in one wonderful person."
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered that the U.S. and Missouri flags on all state buildings in St. Louis County be flown at half-staff from June 16 to June 21 to honor the bravery and sacrifice of Corporal Donald M. Marler, age 22, of St. Louis. Corporal Marler was a United States Marine who died on June 6 while serving in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
The Vietnamese say that every bullet that kills a soldier first passes through his mother's heart.
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Marine is 2nd from county to die in combat this year
A U.S. Marine who grew up in Steuben County has become the county's second victim this year of the war in Afghanistan.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Gavin Brummund, a former Bret Harte High School athlete and nearly lifelong Arnold resident, was killed in Afghanistan this week, family members learned late Thursday.
An e-mail he received in Afghanistan gave Sgt. Zachary J. Walters of Palm Coast the answer he had been hoping for.
It seemed like Sgt. Derek L. Shanfield was born to be a Marine.
Speedway native enjoyed stories about heroes, friends say
Even in high school, Johnny Rankel already showed signs of taking life seriously.
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A Marine who died in an accident in Afghanistan over the weekend had requested assignment there and had just arrived in the country in April, his grandmother says.
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Three Camp Pendleton based Marines died Sunday when their armored vehicle flipped over and landed in a canal in the Helmand province.
EDINBURG - The mother of a Marine who died in Afghanistan spoke out for the first time publicly. Lance Corporal Derek Hernandez died over the weekend.
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By ROHAN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
Jun 7, 10:25 PM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Twelve foreign soldiers, including seven Americans, were killed in separate attacks on the deadliest day of the year for Western forces in Afghanistan. A U.S. civilian contractor who trains Afghan police also died in a brazen suicide assault.
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Visitation is to be held today for Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony DiLisio, a Macomb Township soldier who died May 30 in Afghanistan.
All too many of us, in the busyness of life, forget that we have people from our community fighting on two war fronts: Iraq and Afghanistan.
Lansing -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday ordered U.S. flags to be lowered to half staff Monday in honor of Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio of Macomb Township.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 4, 2010 8:04:53 EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Gainesville road will be named for a 19-year-old Marine who was killed in Afghanistan this year.
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He was killed in an ambush, supporting combat operations
Twenty-year-old Anthony DiLisio always wanted to find a way to give back to his community and help people.
The New Jersey State Senate unanimously passed a resolution last week to rename the post office building at 216 Westwood Ave. after Christopher Hrbek, a Marine Sergeant from Westwood who was killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 14.
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Macomb Township -- A 20-year-old U.S. Marine was killed while serving in Afghanistan after he volunteered for patrol despite an option to stay in his camp, his girlfriend said.
Voluntown, Conn. —
Voluntown’s annual Memorial Day tributes took on an especially somber air Monday, less than two months after Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Griffin joined the roll of the town’s sons who have fallen in service to the country.
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Editor's note: The transcript of an exclusive Signal interview with Pfc. Suter's father, Chris Unthank, conducted after press time Monday night, follows the story below.
Those attending Memorial Day events at Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall on Monday had arrived ready to reflect on memories of fallen heroes, but few expected so recent a memory as that of young United States Marine Corps Pfc. Jake William Suter, killed in Afghanistan on Saturday morning, Afghanistan time.
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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – The I Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd) held a Memorial Day ceremony at Camp Leatherneck to honor America's fallen.
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Memorial Day is a tough one for parents who have lost a child in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, they're all tough. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Family gatherings.
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Even though nearly 60 years have passed, Jess Meado still gets emotional when he thinks about fellow Marines killed in Korea.
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By Paul J. Weber - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 30, 2010 9:57:20 EDT
KERRVILLE, Texas — The 1,000th American service member killed in Afghanistan was born on the Fourth of July. He died several days before Americans honor fallen troops on Memorial Day.
The U.S. Marines fired three rifle volleys. A bugler played taps.
WASHINGTON- More than 1,500 service members from the "Old Guard" and other ceremonial units gathered at Arlington National Cemetery May 27 for a sacred ritual marking the start of the Memorial Day weekend observance.
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COMBAT OUTPOST LILY, Helmand Province
— For Marines who have experienced combat together, the many rituals and gestures of bidding farewell to the dead, beginning from the point of medevac and continuing beyond the fallen Marine’s journey to the grave, are observed with a devotion that is at once quiet, fiercely followed and unsummoned. The more formal rituals are matters of tradition, like memorial services in the field and the escorts who accompany a dead Marine through his or her funeral back home. Some Marines are further memorialized in the names of outposts and landing zones; thus, “Combat Outpost Hanson” and the adjacent “Landing Zone Currier,” named after two Marines from Kilo Company, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines, who were killed several hundred yards from here in fighting against the Taliban in February. Other gestures are impromptu, spontaneous and intensely personal, propelled by feelings that take hold within young infantrymen who fight through ambush after ambush together, and who find, as their tattoos often say, that they are bound by blood and then by a set of memories that will be theirs alone for the decades ahead.
The body of Lance Cpl. Patrick Xavier Jr., a Marine killed in a firefight in Afghanistan, has been flown back to Fort Lauderdale.
Lance Cpl. Patrick Xavier Jr. spoke to his mother Tuesday morning before leaving for the day's military assignment, something he often did while serving in Afghanistan.
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Stafford Marine killed in Afghanistan last week is buried at Quantico
Donald J. Lamar II was born on July 4, 1986. His mother, Coleen Lamar of Stafford County, remembers that his grandmother had prepared a sign just for the occasion, also the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Philip P. Clark and his wife, Ashton, were making big plans for his return from Afghanistan this summer.
Sharon Ferguson of Spring brought a pair of weathered combat boots to Rosehill United Methodist Church in Tomball on Thursday and asked the reverend to place them next to the flag-draped casket of 21-year-old Marine Cpl. Jeffrey Johnson.
A 27-year-old Marine from the Antelope area who died Monday in Afghanistan was remembered at his high school as a fun-loving, responsible person who will be missed.
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Second Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, held a memorial service at the Protestant Chapel here, May 17, to honor five of their own who made the ultimate sacrifice while supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom from February 2008 to February 2010.
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He was an immigrant, the son of immigrants, who came to the United States 19 years ago, graduated from high school in Fairfax County, and, his sister said, wanted to defend his country.
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FREEHOLD — Though the process to name a bridge after a hometown hero took four years of legislative work and fundraising to come to fruition, the effort to honor Marine Cpl. Philip Reynolds was 60 years in the making.
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Before he deployed to Afghanistan last month, Zarian Wood visited his father and brother for a week at their home in south Houston. The three men played video games, dined on steak and shrimp and lounged on camping chairs in the driveway.
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A Fredericksburg Marine who played football and coached wrestling at Stafford High School has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department and family friends.
Continue reading "Marine Sgt. Donald J. Lamar II killed in Afghanistan; Stafford High graduate" »
LUDLOW - When Frank Evangelista, owner of Frank's Diner on East Street, thinks of the late Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges he remembers a smiling young man in a Santa Claus hat.
Tomball has lost yet another of its young men to the War on Terror.
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The family of Cpl. Kurt S. Shea, a 21-year-old Marine from Frederick, had been planning a party for July 4 to celebrate the end of his tour in Afghanistan. Instead, on Tuesday, relatives were preparing to go to Dover Air Force Base to retrieve the body of Shea, who was killed Monday in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.
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KILGORE, TX (KLTV) - It was a sobering day on an East Texas campus and for the city of Kilgore, as a hometown Marine falls in the line of duty in Afghanistan. The Marine was killed only a day after celebrating his second wedding anniversary.
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COMBAT OUTPOST CAFFERETTA, Afghanistan – Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, gathered aboard Combat Outpost Cafferetta, to honor their fallen brother-in-arms, May 12.
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By Kimberly Hefling - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 11, 2010 7:06:39 EDT
ARLINGTON, Va. — Garage sales and quilt raffles helped a determined group of female World War II veterans raise money to transform a rundown wall at Arlington National Cemetery into a grand stone memorial to women who served their country. But those women are dying off, even as the memorial runs short of funds.
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Perry High School's wrestling coach knew that Lance Cpl. Joshua Davis would be a good Marine because of his drive and determination.
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Listed on a roster as 5 feet 9 inches and just 165 pounds, Chris Rangel was a leader on the field in one of the last football seasons at West Campus High School.
Rebels have returned to terrorise a former stronghold with shootings and beatings, raising doubts about America’s ability to secure Kandahar
The sniper’s aim was merciless. Lieutenant Brandon Barrett was shovelling sand into bags to fortify his post in the Helmand town of Marjah when a Taliban gunman slotted a bullet between armoured vehicles pulled around for protection, hitting him in the chest.
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A U.S. Marine from Perry has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Corps officials confirmed Saturday.
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The letter with instructions about where 1st Lt. Brandon Barrett wanted to be buried told friends back home in Indiana that — even if he didn't talk about it — he understood he might not survive his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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Fellow townies have never forgotten Marine Lt. Michael Quinn of Charlestown - and neither has the Marine Corps.
The Marine in dress greens appeared on the front porch of the East Northport home on a warm July morning.
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The Marine in dress greens appeared on the front porch of the East Northport home on a warm July morning.
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Carpe Diem - the motto that 1st Lt. Michael Johnson lived by every single one of his 25 years.
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As Lance Cpl. Thomas Rivers Jr. patrolled Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province, he knew God had his back. The Marine often carried a Bible, yet even on days when he only had room for essential combat gear, Rivers felt protected by Psalm 91:1, which was tattooed on his back.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Camp Lejeune, N.C. — Camp Lejeune held a memorial service Friday morning to honor 90 Marines and sailors who died while spearheading the first wave of troops sent to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama.
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The day Jeremy Kane's friends and family laid him to rest in January was cold and snowy. On Sunday, when the weather was chilly and misty, they gathered once more to run two miles in his memory.
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A 2-million-square-foot airfield in southern Afghanistan has been named in honor of a Marine from the Iron Range who was killed in action in October while fighting the war on global terrorism in that country.
A 2-million-square-foot airfield in southern Afghanistan has been named in honor of a Marine from the Iron Range who was killed in action in October while fighting the war on global terrorism in that country.
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For Gerald Fuller, the thought of accomplishing something that his son had talked about before passing away in 2009 brought tears to his eyes Friday.
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For one middle school student and her teacher, a simple school assignment has become a poignant lesson about life and death.
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 22, 2010 5:43:36 EDT
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — George Chavez Sr., a member of the Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 85.
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan – Service members who make the ultimate sacrifice while serving in a combat zone are known as Angels. Those troops who lose their lives on the battlefield are brought home so they may be honored and laid to rest.
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Johanna Thomas Johnson will never forget the succession of telephone calls from home she received on a cold morning earlier this year.
Marine Maj. Gus Biggio will run 26.2 miles in Monday’s Boston Marathon with a friend.
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SWAT Officer Robert J. Cottle was on Marine Reserve duty when he died March 24 in an explosion. He was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star in services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
A somber procession on Tuesday morning snaked its way through downtown Los Angeles as thousands honored LAPD SWAT Officer Robert J. Cottle, who was killed March 24 in Afghanistan while on Marine Corps Reserve duty.
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By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Apr 5, 2010 9:56:29 EDT
YORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder’s eyes well up with tears when recalling his son’s funeral.
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‘He just looked out for others’
Friends and members of the Voluntown Baptist Church remembered Tyler Owen Griffin on Sunday as a kindhearted, giving young man who loved football and his country.
BRACEVILLE, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a car crash that killed three Ohio Marine Corps recruits headed to Cleveland for their entrance exam on Wednesday night.
Three Marine recruits were killed after an accident involving at least seven vehicles in Braceville Wednesday afternoon.
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Outraged that the father of a dead U.S. Marine was ordered to pay the court costs incurred by a group that he had sued for picketing his son's funeral, people from across the country have launched a grass roots fundraising effort to help the grieving family.
No. 1 cable news host Bill O'Reilly said Tuesday that he will personally write a check to cover $16,500 in legal costs for the father of a fallen U.S. Marine who sued the members of a church who picketed his son's funeral.
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Lawyers for the father of a Marine who died in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters say a court has ordered him to pay the protesters' appeal costs.
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SWAT team member Robert J. Cottle, a Marine Corps reservist, is the department's first member to die in post-9/11 combat. He previously had served two tours in Iraq.
The Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday mourned its first officer to be killed in combat in Afghanistan after a roadside bomb took the life of a highly regarded SWAT team member.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 25, 2010 21:58:29 EDT
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles SWAT team officer, who was on active duty as a Marine, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, police officials said Thursday.
LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) — Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff across the state Tuesday to honor a soldier from Harrison township who was killed in Iraq.
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Staff report
Posted : Friday Mar 19, 2010 13:41:42 EDT
OCEANSIDE, Calif. — A 21-year-old Marine died and another Marine was critically injured Thursday after their car plowed through a guard rail and went into a ravine near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.
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LANSING (AP) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff to honor a Marine from suburban Detroit who was killed in Afghanistan last month.
A U.S. Marine with Minnesota family ties has been killed in Afghanistan.
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Cindy Sharpe was about to board a plane for a return trip to Atlanta when her phone rang.
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Lucy Smithers didn’t know Marine Cpl. Jacob Turbett, hadn’t ever met him or anyone who knew him and knew nothing about Monday’s show of support for the fallen Marine until reading the local paper Sunday night.
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Lance Corporal
Noah Miles Pier
Noah, 25, of Charlotte, NC, died while protecting freedom on February 16, 2010 in Marjah, Afghanistan. Born on July 28, 1984 in Fairfax, VA, Noah and his family relocated to Charlotte in March of 1995. Noah was an avid outdoorsman and was involved in the Police Explorers Program at CMPD as a teenager. He loved American Freestyle Martial Arts and earned a black belt rank. Noah fell in love with his childhood sweetheart Rachel, whom he was to marry when he returned home.
He died 'doing something respectful'
LONDONDERRY — A 21-year-old Londonderry Marine was killed by enemy fire Wednesday in Afghanistan.
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Charlottean Noah Pier killed in Afghanistan, fighting for a cause "he believed in."
Lance Cpl. Noah Pier always wanted to be a Marine, and his family said they'll miss his "laughter and love of life."
A Marine who graduated from Canton High School in 2007 and died recently in Afghanistan had known for years that he wanted to be in the military, according to one of his former teachers.
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Canton Township -- A Marine from Michigan who would have turned 22 on St. Patrick's Day has been killed in Afghanistan.
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Family plans to bury Frederick High graduate at Arlington National Cemetery
Kristen Forse will always remember her brother's bravery — on and off the battlefield.
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The Marines of Bravo Company left their patrol bases early Saturday morning. To their west were the Taliban pickets who defend the outer limits of Marja, an insurgent enclave in Helmand Province. The Marines turned in the opposite direction, heading to Forward Operating Base Spin Ghar, their company command post.
CAMP FIDDLER'S GREEN, Afghanistan — The incident, deadly and tragic as it was, rated only one short sentence on the official NATO website.
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First in Heroes Way program erected at I-70 and Cave Springs
The Interstate 70 interchange at Cave Springs has become a Heroes Way, dedicated to the memory of a St. Charles native killed two years ago while serving in Iraq.
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First in Heroes Way program erected at I-70 and Cave Springs
The Interstate 70 interchange at Cave Springs has become a Heroes Way, dedicated to the memory of a St. Charles native killed two years ago while serving in Iraq.
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A U.S. Navy Sailor and former University of Texas student was killed in Afghanistan Saturday. According to the Department of Defense, Petty Officer Second Class Xin Qi, 25, died in combat.
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At 13, Jeremy Kane was deeply affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The event shaped his life, and led him to a fateful choice.
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WESTWOOD -- On Christmas Day, Marine Sgt. Christopher Hrbek called home to Bergen County from Afghanistan with the news he had been nominated for a Bronze Star.
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Family, friends and fellow Marines went to the Chase Parkway Memorial on Wednesday to pay their respects to Corporal Xhacob LaTorre, a proud Marine dedicated to serving his country who lost his life fighting for it.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 7, 2009 11:01:28 EST
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — A Minnesota family has lost a second Marine in a noncombat incident.
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Lance Cpl. Justin Swanson was killed Nov. 10 when a bomb exploded under his Humvee. He was 'full of love for his family and home and dedicated to the protection of others,' his commander says.
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The Second Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment will hold a memorial service this morning at Marine Corps Base Hawaii to honor nine Marines and one sailor who sacrificed their lives while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom during their deployment this year.
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Medal of Honor recipient Lewis Millett of Idyllwild died Saturday morning at Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda. He was 88.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- A 21-year-old Marine from Anaheim was killed in combat in Afghanistan.
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ANAHEIM Justin J. Swanson talked about duty and discipline and about being a role model for his family when he signed up for the U.S. Marine Corps a few weeks out of high school.
By Trista Talton - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Nov 9, 2009 20:48:57 EST
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Camp Lejeune Marine accused late last week of killing a noncommissioned officer is now in the base brig after spending several hours in a local hospital being treated for self-inflicted wounds, Marine officials said Monday
Liquor store owner: Fund raised $2,000 within about an hour
Jackson small business owners have started a reward fund to draw out information about who shot locksmith Troy Mitchell while he was working at an apartment complex earlier this week.
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A Colorado Marine is one of nine people missing after a midair collision off the coast of Southern California on Thursday.
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By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Oct 30, 2009 17:19:44 EDT
SAN DIEGO — Marine Corps and Coast Guard officials held out hope Friday but feared the loss of nine service members after an AH-1W Super Cobra collided in the air Thursday night with a C-130 turbo aircraft near San Clemente Island.
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By Thomas Watkins - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Oct 30, 2009 10:36:48 EDT
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard and Navy were still hoping Friday to find survivors of a collision between a Coast Guard plane carrying two people and a Marine Corps helicopter carrying seven off the Southern California coast.
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Seven months ago, a Montgomery County native, Marine Sgt. James R. McIlvaine, was killed while supporting combat operations in Anbar province in Iraq. Friday night, his citations were read aloud to his family and friends as 65 fallen servicemen were honored in the Remembering the Brave Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, less than three miles from the Quantico Marine Base where McIlvaine once served.
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The U.S. military command in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday imposed a new ban on publication of photographs taken by embedded journalists that identify American war casualties.
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NEW PORTLAND, Maine — It was the last way John Bernard would have wanted his voice to gain prominence in the national debate over the war in Afghanistan.
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As President Barack Obama weighs sending more troops to Afghanistan and debate over the course of an increasingly difficult war rages in Washington, the commander of a Camp Pendleton battalion says his troops have tamed one slice of the country's volatile Helmand province.
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A Kaneohe Marine was killed and another was injured when the truck they were riding in crashed near San Diego on Wednesday during a training exercise.
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ANDERSON, SC — Law enforcement officials from across the state will be coming to Anderson on Wednesday to pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Jonathan S. Nash, a graduate of the city’s Oakwood Christian Academy.
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Lance Cpl, Alvaro Rios, United States Marines, age 23, passed away on September 20, 2009 while rendering aid to car accident victims.
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When the news came, Darrell Griffin hurled the phone.
Then he got in his car and navigated the madness of Los Angeles highways, thankful only for the time it gave him to think about what he would say to his family. Later, consumed with the grief of losing a son, Griffin drew the drapes in his bedroom and made his world mimic the darkness in his heart
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Staff report
Posted : Saturday Sep 5, 2009 11:31:42 EDT
A Navy corpsman was killed Thursday while supporting Marines in southern Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department
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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates used the strongest terms in trying to persuade the Associated Press to refrain from running a graphic picture of a Marine taken shortly after the service member was wounded in southern Afghanistan, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said here today.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is objecting “in the strongest terms” to an Associated Press decision to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life, calling the decision “appalling” and a breach of “common decency.”
Remains of Donald Hogan, 20, expected in Southern California next week
The remains of a San Clemente Marine killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware today and are expected in Southern California in the middle of next week.
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A Tesoro High School graduate who wanted to be a Marine like his grandfather was killed in a roadside bomb explosion Wednesday morning in southern Afghanistan
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Veterans groups, facing the loss of their oldest members, are reinventing themselves as family-friendly, forward-looking clubs for the recently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. And the generation gap, which put World War II vets on one side of the old hall and Vietnam vets on the other, appears closed
Having a hard time finding his path in life, he revisited a childhood dream and overcame obstacles to make it come true.
When Pedro Barboza Flores walked into the Glendale recruiting office to volunteer for the U.S. Marine Corps two summers ago, he received a discouraging reply. At 6 feet 2 and 220 pounds he was too heavy, older than most at 25, and he needed to finish high school. Staff Sgt. James Anderson thought he'd never see him again.
Continue reading "Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro Barboza Flores, 27, Glendale, killed by roadside bomb" »
Marine Lance Cpl. Leopold Damas survived two tours in Iraq before being sent deep into Taliban territory in Afghanistan three months ago.
Continue reading "My brother's a hero, says sister of Queens Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Marine Sgt. Bill Cahir, 40, a former Washington-based journalist and congressional staffer who joined the Marines after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 13, his unit and friends reported. He was an Alexandria resident.
Former Express-Times correspondent and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Bill Cahir has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, family and friends said Thursday.
Express-Times correspondent Bill Cahir wrote this front page account of his U.S. Marine boot camp experience that appeared in the newspaper July 4, 2004. Our valued co-worker, friend and journalist was killed in active duty in Afghanistan.
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. —
On April 22, 2008, Christian Haerter was in Sag Harbor, N.Y., listening to the news at work when a broadcast announced two Marines were killed in Iraq. Christian took a step outside for a breath of fresh air and shortly afterward, saw a sight every parent fears.
Continue reading "1/9 Marines ride in memory of fallen brother" »
Staff report
Posted : Friday Aug 7, 2009 19:34:14 EDT
Military officials on Aug. 6 identified a sailor killed in southwestern Afghanistan as Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Anthony C. Garcia.
By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Aug 1, 2009 14:40:26 EDT
BATH, MAINE — Debra Dunham swung true with her silver bottle of champagne Saturday, cracking it against the bulbus sonar dome on the bow of the Navy destroyer that bears the name of her son. With its traditional alcoholic bath, the hull known as DDG 109 took its real name: “Jason Dunham.”
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Staff report
Posted : Saturday Aug 1, 2009 9:03:16 EDT
Five years after Cpl. Jason Dunham died in Iraq, his former commander delivered the shattered remains of his helmet to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., save one piece that will be sealed within the mast of a Navy destroyer named in Dunham’s honor.
BATH, Maine (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy christened the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), Aug. 1 during a ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
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Corporal who covered live grenade with body honored at christening
BATH, Maine - In a solemn ceremony punctuated by talk of courage, service and sacrifice, the mother of a Marine corporal on Saturday christened a warship honoring her son, who died after covering an exploding grenade to protect his comrades in Iraq.
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Destroyer will be christened Saturday
The name of a brave young man from Scio forever will be remembered by the sailors and Marines who set foot on a warship about to be christened.
The Navy will christen the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Jason Dunham, Aug. 1, 2009, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
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Since childhood, New Braunfels man's dream was to join the Marines.
Long before he hit Canyon High School in New Braunfels, Brandon Lara knew he wanted to be a Marine. Not even the outbreak of war in Iraq, when relatives tried to persuade him not to sign up, could shake his will.
By Danica Kirka - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jul 18, 2009 15:02:00 EDT
LONDON — Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
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On July 5, The Post published a letter from Martha Gillis of Springfield, whose nephew, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, was killed in Afghanistan on June 25, the day that Michael Jackson died. The letter criticized the extensive media coverage of Jackson's death compared with the brief coverage of Lt. Bradshaw's death. Among the responses was the following letter, written July 9 by an Air National Guard pilot and a fellow member of the crew that flew Lt. Bradshaw's body from a forward base in Afghanistan to Bagram Air Base. Capt. James Adair, one of the plane's pilots, asked the editorial page staff to forward the letter to the Bradshaw family. He and Brian Bradshaw's parents then agreed to publication of these excerpts.
Staff report
Posted : Monday Jul 13, 2009 16:15:02 EDT
A Hawaii-based Marine died Friday at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland from wounds suffered during a bombing late last month in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, according to reports.
MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga. — On Independence Day, a local family was surprised to discover something about their freedom that they never knew.
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As I was sitting at the gate in the Washington-Baltimore airport Tuesday waiting on my flight, waiting for the attendant to announce boarding for our flight to Charlotte, I saw about a dozen Transportation Security Agency uniformed personnel head to the departure ramp.
I was concerned there was a problem, meaning a delay.
Just what I needed!
Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp, 20, a Marine from Adairsville who was killed Thursday in Afghanistan, signed up when he was 17 and had previously been deployed in Iraq, a relative said.
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 21:28:16 EDT
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Another Navajo Code Talker has died.
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Family, friends, and military personnel gathered in New Prospect Baptist Church to say farewell to a young man taken too early.
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2009 – A foundation formed by the family of a fallen Marine whose story was told in the HBO movie “Taking Chance” has donated $10,000 to a group that works to help wounded veterans and their families.
Continue reading "Chance Phelps Foundation Donates $10,000 to ‘Hope for the Warriors’" »
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jun 10, 2009 5:47:04 EDT
ROY, Utah — George E. Wahlen, a Medal of Honor recipient wounded during the battle of Iwo Jima, has died at 84
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The Quilts of Valor organization is driving across the country to deliver 1,200 quilts to troops and some of them were on display at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's International Quilt Study Center Monday.
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 5, 2009 8:31:47 EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. — Charles Donald Albury, co-pilot of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, has died after years of congestive heart failure. He was 88.
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Lance Corporal Matthew Gregory Reza Lance Corporal Matthew Gregory Reza, age 27, died Sunday, May 31, 2009, near Khandahar province, Afghanistan, while serving his country as a member of the United States Marine Corps.
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday May 24, 2009 14:03:09 EDT
WENDOVER, Nev. — Veterans Johnnie Franklin Callahan, James William Dunn and Isaiah Mays may have died years apart, but they're now on a joint cross-country journey to a final resting place.
Continue reading "Bikes escort vets' remains through Utah" »
By Felicia Fonseca - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday May 21, 2009 6:09:41 EDT
PHOENIX — A Navajo Code Talker who was part of the original group recruited to develop what became an unbreakable code that confounded the Japanese during World War II has died.
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Staff report
Posted : Monday May 18, 2009 12:24:24 EDT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Marine died early Sunday after being ejected from the car he was driving near Camp Lejeune.
MCAGCC — The executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center was killed Tuesday night, April 28 when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle in Yucca Valley.
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Mo. – A 26-year-old Kansas City man is dead after a one-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in Lafayette County.
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The photo is still tucked into Paul McShan's wallet. Protected by a plastic sleeve warped and dulled by the 23 years since the picture was taken, the image shows the wrinkly face of his sleeping 5-day-old son, Ricky.
Continue reading "Marine at Twentynine Palms adds to the growing list of military suicides" »
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2009 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has approved a policy change that, under strictly delineated conditions, allows media filming of dignified transfer operations of fallen servicemembers’ remains at Dover Air Force Base, Del.
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LORENA (March 27, 2009)—During a ceremony Friday, the Lorena Post Office was renamed in honor of fallen Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry, 28, a Lorena native who died in the explosion of a homemade bomb in March 2006 in Iraq’s then-volatile Anbar Province.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 16, 2009 11:15:08 EDT
NORMAN, Okla. — A disabled Gulf War veteran who left Norman earlier this month on a hand-propelled bicycle headed for Washington, D.C., to honor fallen soldiers has died.
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Lance Corporal J. B. Breen, 23, Route 1, St. Francisville, IL passed away at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN, March 15, 2009, at 11:30 p.m. as a result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident north of Mt. Carmel, IL.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Marines take care of their own. It’s a mantra every Marine learns in recruit training, and a proud declaration of devotion passed along from generation to generation.
The Inspector-Instructor staff here recently kept true to the saying, by taking care of a Marine who died 37 years ago.
TULSA, OK -- The story of a fallen Marine's journey back home has made its way to the big screen.
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan —He was a son, a brother, a friend and a Marine.
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But Gates says decision on images will be up to families of war dead
WASHINGTON - Families of America’s war dead will be allowed to decide if news organizations can photograph the homecomings of their loved ones, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
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By Cindy Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, February 22, 2009
CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa — Tears as well as chuckles filled the small chapel here Friday during a memorial service for Sgt. Michael H. Ferschke Jr.
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HBO film chronicles Marine’s final journey through eyes of his escort
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 21, 2009 9:23:15 EST
With the war in Iraq raging in 2004, Lt. Col. Mike Strobl found himself at Dover Air Force Base, Del., waiting to escort home the remains of a fallen Marine he had never met.
WASHINGTON —
Senior military officials and government dignitaries gathered to watch the premiere of “Taking Chance,” the HBO made-for-TV movie, Feb. 9 at the Motion Picture Association of America.
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BRIDGEWATER — Lance Cpl. Kevin T. Preach, who died Saturday from injuries sustained in combat while in Afghanistan, will be remembered for his smile, his sense of humor, and his selflessness. He was 21.
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Lorraine Melgosa of Manzanola, Colo., volunteers her 19th century horse-drawn carriage for funerals of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. She says it's the least she can do.
Reporting from Scottsbluff, Neb. -- Lorraine Melgosa hasn't developed the thick skin of someone who works with the bereaved. She almost always cries at funerals.
Staff report
Posted : Thursday Jan 29, 2009 11:14:21 EST
Two North Carolina-based noncommissioned officers were killed Tuesday while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Defense Department reported Wednesday.
By Polly Anderson - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jan 28, 2009 18:21:46 EST
NEW YORK — James Brady, a decorated Marine officer who went on to become an author and Parade magazine’s celebrity columnist, has died at 80.
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Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Jan 27, 2009 17:53:12 EST
A North Carolina-based Marine died Saturday after a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Farah province, according to reports.
For over 60 years, they knew only that he was lost in battle. Then a Globe account reunited a family with its hero.
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The rain fell steadily from an opaque sky, but the Marines stood ramrod straight, eyes fixed ahead. In the historic graveyard, the Rev. Peter Lanzillotta gazed down at the urn. "You served your country with a full measure of your devotion. We shall salute you and say hail and farewell, good and noble Marine."
Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Jan 21, 2009 19:02:08 EST
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Two North Carolina-based Marines are dead and another is in a Pennsylvania hospital after early morning vehicle accident Tuesday.
Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Jan 6, 2009 20:25:39 EST
A North Carolina-based Marine was killed late last week after triggering a land mine in Afghanistan, his family said.
The Corps will be featured in several Hollywood projects
Staff writer - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Jan 3, 2009 8:03:35 EST
More than four years ago, then-Lt. Col. Mike Strobl shared his experience escorting a fallen Marine back to their mutual hometown, weaving a narrative rich with detail and emotion.
Former Hialeah Resident Dies In North Carolina
HIALEAH, Fla. -- A South Florida Marine pilot died Monday when the harrier jet he was flying crashed in North Carolina.
Staff and wire reports
Posted : Wednesday Dec 31, 2008 12:24:45 EST
HAVELOCK, N.C. — The Marine pilot who was killed Monday when an AV-8B Harrier jet crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. has been identified as Capt. Alberto Bencosme with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203.
Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, 19, had just arrived in Iraq.
Cpl. Jonathan Yale and Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter saved Iraqi police and fellow Marines from a truck-driving suicide bomber, Marine brass say. The April attack could have slain dozens.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 24, 2008 15:44:19 EST
LONDON, Ky. — A 19-year-old Marine from Kentucky was killed in a surprise attack in Anbar province, Iraq, his mother said.
Mourner bought full uniform on eBay. Cop says ‘I can’t explain it.’
Justin McDade was decked out for a Vietnam veteran's funeral last week in his crisp U.S. Marine Corps dress blues — a scarlet "blood stripe" up the trousers, sergeant stripes on the blouse, white hat and all.
Continue reading "Phony Marine nabbed at Lititz vet's funeral" »
MCAGCC — The 20 Marines and sailors of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment who died while serving in Afghanistan were memorialized with words of praise and Marine Corps ritual on an overcast day Friday, Dec. 12 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.
MCAGCC — The 20 Marines and sailors of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment who died while serving in Afghanistan were memorialized with words of praise and Marine Corps ritual on an overcast day Friday, Dec. 12 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.
TWENTYNINE PALMS — They fought. They came home. And on Friday, the men and women of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines took time to honor their fallen.
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When John and Susan McColley stood at the grave of their son U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Eric McColley, Susan did something that made a difference.
When John and Susan McColley stood at the grave of their son U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Eric McColley, Susan did something that made a difference.
Marines at Twentynine Palms honored the lives of 20 of their own killed during their last deployment to Afghanistan.
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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — A hundred volunteers with the Sgt. Mac Foundation placed wreaths on 2,200 graves at the Quantico National Cemetery Saturday, December 6, for the third annual National Wreath Project, to honor the interred service members.
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With a slow sunset a sorrowful backdrop, the families and friends of Marines killed during their last deployment gathered June 22 for a memorial service filled with prayer and tribute.
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 28, 2008 12:46:59 EST
KOKOMO, Ind. — The family of Lance Cpl. James Swain is proud that the Marine Corps named a building at its intelligence base in Virginia after him. But it’s an honor that comes with mixed feelings.
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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marines are preparing to enter a building as the machine gunner squints to identify figures approaching from a distance. Suddenly the figures come into focus, and the Marine reacts instinctively to the threat by manning the vehicle-mounted weapon and immediately providing suppressive fire to alert fellow Marines of the impending danger.
Continue reading "Hero honored at annex with Medal for Valor" »
It has been nine months since a gunman's bullet took the life of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Drew Weaver.
Continue reading "Scholarship to be named for fallen Marine" »
It has been nine months since a gunman's bullet took the life of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Drew Weaver.
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It has been nine months since a gunman's bullet took the life of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Drew Weaver.
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It has been nine months since a gunman's bullet took the life of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Drew Weaver.
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Lawmakers’ pleas for award of Medal of Honor denied
By Dan Lamothe
[email protected]
Nov. 24, 2008
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has rebuffed pleas from Capitol Hill to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine who died smothering a grenade, saying “the evidence presented did not meet the exacting ‘no doubt’ standard necessary.” The comments came in a Nov. 18 letter Gates sent to eight members of California’s congressional delegation. The group asked President George W. Bush to review a Pentagon decision announced in September to deny Sgt. Rafael Peralta the military’s highest honor.
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By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Nov 22, 2008 7:46:45 EST
Two Marines who died in Iraq stopping a small water tanker filled with explosives will be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the nation’s second-highest combat honor, a Marine spokeswoman said.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq — A small pump station on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, sends streams of water through large metal pipes and into the homes and businesses of local citizens.
CAMP PENDLETON — Friends and family today mourned a 24-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine from Santa Barbara County killed in combat in Iraq last week.
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By Lisa Cornwell - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 17, 2008 9:28:33 EST
CINCINNATI — Three-year-old Christian Kreuter will see a life-size image of the father he never had the chance to know when he and his mother make their first visit to a memorial honoring 23 Ohio-based service members killed in Iraq.
Continue reading "3/25 memorial opens at Cincinnati museum" »
TROUTDALE, Ore. – The family of a Marine from Troutdale who was killed last weekend while in the Washington DC area is preparing to say goodbye.
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KINGSTON -- Pfc. Dawid Pietrek was a 24-year-old Polish immigrant and Bensenville resident who once worked as a home caregiver for an elderly Elmhurst man until the man died at age 88.
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 10, 2008 13:23:01 EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Life-size paintings of 23 Marines and service members killed in Iraq are about to be taken down from display at the Statehouse after a five-month run.
By Rasheed Oluwa - The Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal
Posted : Tuesday Nov 4, 2008 9:54:56 EST
MARLBORO, N.Y. — Hundreds of Trevor Yurista’s family members and friends poured into St. Mary’s Church in Marlboro, N.Y., on Monday for his funeral.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Retired Marine Col. John Ripley, who was credited with stopping a column of North Vietnamese tanks by blowing up a pair of bridges during the 1972 Easter Offensive of the Vietnam War, died at home at age 69, friends and relatives said Sunday.
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U.S. gives family certificate making Lance Cpl. San Sim a U.S. citizen as of day he died.
NEWPORT BEACH – Lance Cpl. San Sim's wife made a quiet promise to him Saturday as she ran her hand over the white stars of the flag that covered his coffin.
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A Marine from Pleasant Valley was killed Monday in Afghanistan, his father has confirmed.
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First Lt. Trevor Yurista, 31, died when an improvised explosive device exploded near him while he was on duty in a remote region of Afghanistan, his father, Ronald Yurista, said.
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San Sim, 23, was weeks away from completing his third tour.
Lance Cpl. San Sim came from a family of pacifists.
His birthplace, the Phillipines, was ever a reminder of their journey from the terror of the Khmer Rouge. But after Sept. 11, 2001, Sim decided to fight.
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In a few short weeks, U.S. Marine Dawid Pietrek was supposed to be coming home after his tour overseas ended.
Continue reading "Virginia Marine running in honor of fallen Bensenville comrade" »
TRIANGLE, Va. — The National Museum of the Marine Corps unveiled an exhibit Oct. 15, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the attack on the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
By Bryan Mitchell - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 10:53:35 EDT
Every October, Judith Young makes a solemn trip from her home in southern New Jersey to Jacksonville, N.C., to honor her late son, Sgt. Jeffrey D. Young.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Family, friends, even complete strangers gathered on Saturday to remember Marine Cpl. Jason Karella Saturday.
TRIANGLE, Va., Oct. 15, 2008 – With the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut just nine days away, the National Museum of the Marine Corps here today unveiled a temporary exhibit in memory of the 238 U.S. Marines who were killed that day.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Jason Karella, a 20-year-old Marine from Anchorage, has died while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Jamestown, Mo. -
Friends and family of Leon B. Deraps have announced that a formal dedication ceremony for the Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Highway has been set for Saturday, Oct. 18, at 10 a.m.
Continue reading "Dedication ceremony planned for Lance Corporal Leon B. Deraps Memorial Hwy." »
Hawai'i's congressional delegation has added its voices to those seeking a presidential review of the Pentagon's decision to award the late Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta — whose body shielded others from a grenade blast — a Navy Cross instead of the Medal of Honor.
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Sergeant covered a grenade with his body to save comrades in Iraq
SAN DIEGO - A California congressional delegation asked President Bush on Friday to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Marine who was chosen to receive only the second-highest medal the Navy can bestow for valor.
Continue reading "Bush urged to review denied Medal of Honor" »
SAN DIEGO - A Marine sergeant singled out by President Bush for throwing his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will receive the prestigious Navy Cross rather than the nation's highest military award, military officials said.
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By Colby Sledge - The Nashville Tennessean
Posted : Thursday Aug 21, 2008 17:09:10 EDT
When Lance Cpl. William “Billy” D. Spencer saw his squad leader wounded in an Iraq shootout, he did the only thing he could do: He tried to save his commanding officer.
By Jim Walsh - The Arizona Republic
Posted : Wednesday Aug 20, 2008 16:29:27 EDT
A 19-year-old Mesa Marine had a simple but essential goal for this year: to stay alive.
Six Marines in full dress uniform, one struggling mightily against tears, were the last to say good-bye to Clearlake's Ivan Wilson on Saturday.
MASHPEE — A prayer book lies open on the McGuires' coffee table. The oversized American flag outside the Katian Way house is at half-staff.
A hearse carrying the flag-draped casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Ivan Wilson slowed Thursday afternoon along Lakeshore Boulevard, where clusters of somber onlookers gathered in front of the apartment complex where Wilson grew up.
Private First Class Ryan Jerabek of Hobart was only 18-years-old when he died fighting the war in Iraq.
Continue reading "Record Runners for Annual Ryan Jerabek Challenge" »
40 competed there in 115-degree heat
HOBART — It could be said that this year's Pfc. Ryan Jerabek USMC Memorial Challenge has gone international.
Find out about an event honoring fallen Marine Ryan Jerabek.
Nearly 12 years ago, the Buila family of Modesto buried 11-year-old son Andrew. He was a happy boy who played baseball, did well at Ustach Middle School and whose favorite color was green.
CLEARLAKE – The knock that came at Denise Wilson's front door early on the morning of July 21 would change her life – and that of her family – forever.
Continue reading "'Hero amongst the proud and few': Family, friends tell fallen Marine's story" »
An Elk Grove-based foundation that formed to help military families now finds itself not only providing them support and financial assistance, but cutting-edge technology as well.
CLEARLAKE – A young Clearlake Marine died Monday after being wounded in combat in Afghanistan, becoming Lake County's first military casualty of the war in the Middle East.
CLEARLAKE -- Our nation's war on terrorism has struck home. A devastating call was received by a mother in the community early Monday morning informing her that her son was killed in Afghanistan.
WOODLYN, N.J. — When 1st Lt. Jason Mann joined the Marines 11 years ago, his mom, Alfina, was nervous.
Continue reading "Officer with 24th MEU dies in Afghanistan" »
Pentagon confirms the deaths of men who were seized in 2007 ambush
WASHINGTON - For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the bodies of Fouty and another soldier captured in an ambush south of Baghdad had been found.
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On a holiday dominated by red, white and blue, Debbie Nuchols was dressed in black so she could bury her son.
Dawid Pietrek, a Polish immigrant, couldn't vote, run for public office or obtain a U.S. passport. But he signed up to serve a country that wasn't yet his, and last month he gave his life for that country.
Continue reading "Immigrant Killed in Afghanistan Granted Posthumous Citizenship" »
Family, Friends Remember Sgt. Matthew Mendoza
SAN ANTONIO -- A San Antonio Marine was laid to rest Saturday, a little more than a week after he died on patrol in Afghanistan.
Before Marine Sgt. Matthew Mendoza left for each of his three deployments to the war zone, he told his father what he wanted done if he came back in a casket.
Victims of attack targeting anti-al-Qaida tribal sheiks included 3 Marines
BAGHDAD - A member of an extremist cell believed to be behind a suicide attack that killed more than 20 people including three U.S. Marines has been arrested, the U.S. military said Friday.
U.S. Marine Dawid Pietrek, who gave his life for a country that was not yet his own, will be buried with military honors alongside other American heroes.
Continue reading "Fallen DuPage Marine to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery" »
Staff and wire reports
Posted : Thursday Jun 26, 2008 8:06:15 EDT
A sergeant was killed in Afghanistan on Friday, bringing the number of confirmed casualties in 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, to at least seven in less than one week.
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MARSEILLES, Ill. (CBS) ― Hundreds of motorcyclists hit the highway for the annual "Illinois Freedom Run." The 65-mile trek is a small way for the cyclists to honor U.S. soldiers who have died in the Mid-East conflicts. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
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CAMP BARBER, Afghanistan — The Marines now have a place to call their own.
Continue reading "Task Force 2⁄7 dedicates camp after MoH recipient" »
'Outgoing,' 'brave' RHS grad among 4 killed by roadside bomb
A 22-year-old Richmond Marine described by friends as "outgoing" and "brave" was killed over the weekend while serving in Afghanistan.
Dawid Pietrek was a Polish immigrant who went to war for the U.S. to help fulfill his dream of becoming a citizen and police officer.
Continue reading "Roadside bomb claimed Marine from Bensenville" »
Corps was big dream for Polish immigrant
Dawid Pietrek was a Polish immigrant who had always wanted to join the Marines.
Continue reading "Marine from Bensenville killed in Afghanistan, Defense Department says" »
Corps was big dream for Polish immigrant
Dawid Pietrek was a Polish immigrant who had always wanted to join the Marines.
Continue reading "Marine from Bensenville killed in Afghanistan, Defense Department says" »
TACOMA -- Family says one of the four Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan was from Tacoma.
FENTON — Michael Patton, 19, who grew up in the Fenton area and graduated from Fox High School in Arnold in 2007, was among four Marines killed by a roadside bomb on Saturday in Afghanistan, his sister said Sunday.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A Tacoma family mourns a marine who was killed in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Marine from Tacoma killed in Afghanistan" »
A Tacoma Marine was among four Americans killed Saturday in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan, his family said Sunday. Sgt. Michael T. Washington, 20, was returning from a mission when an IED exploded near their Humvee, said his father, who is also named Michael. The Department of Defense had not yet issued a news statement about the incident.
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Roadside bomb kills 4 US troops training police in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle on Saturday, killing four Marines in western Afghanistan in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in the country this year, officials said.
CAMP BARBER, Afghanistan - The Marine Corps' top commanders recently visited with Marines and Sailors of Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, serving here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
By Mike Barber - Seattle Post-Intelligencer via The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday May 29, 2008 8:26:35 EDT
COUPLEVILLE, Wash. — After they received the hard news of their daughter’s death in Iraq in December 2006, Mike and Re McClung cloaked themselves in solitude, declining requests for interviews.
Continue reading "Legacy of female major killed in Iraq grows" »
Gen. John A. Logan was a Union officer, a fierce Republican partisan, an early advocate of the kind of volunteer army the United States now fights wars with. He is also one of the people credited with coming up with the holiday that we celebrate today. A statue in Logan Circle in Washington shows the general on horseback flanked by two female figures said to represent America at war and America at peace.
The young Marine came back from the war, with his toughest fight ahead of him. Merlin German waged that battle in the quiet of a Texas hospital, far from the dusty road in Iraq where a bomb exploded, leaving him with burns over 97 percent of his body.
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TOPSHAM — Everett Pope doesn't care how he's referred to during Monday's Brunswick-Topsham Memorial Day pa-rade, as long as he can ride through it in a rusty Hum-vee instead of a shiny convertible.
Continue reading "Always faithful to his 'boys': Parade marshal embodies Marine Corps ideals" »
Eupora High graduate, 22, shot to death Sunday during combat in Afghanistan
On Sunday, Marine Cpl. Justin Cooper of Eupora was killed in combat in Afghanistan.
GRAND RAPIDS -- A Marine home on leave and scheduled to return to Iraq on June 2 died in a motorcycle crash while visiting relatives.
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Artist's portraits touch spirit of lost Marines of Ohio's Lima Company
COLUMBUS - There's a little-known stretch of heaven in Westerville.
The Marines and sailors of 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion gathered with friends and family at the Combat Center’s Sunset Cinema Thursday to honor their fallen comrade Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver, who was killed in action Feb. 21 in Iraq.
HABBANIYAH, Iraq (May 8, 2008) – Funny, outgoing, crazy, loving, full of life – those are just a few of the many words that describe the late Cpl. Richard “Ricky” J. Nelson, a 23-year-old rifleman from Kenosha, Wis., who was killed by an improvised explosive device in the al Anbar Province of Iraq, Apr. 14.
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May 2, 2008 -- A brave Manhattan-born Marine - whom doctors nicknamed the "Miracle Man" for surviving burns to 97 percent of his body after a roadside blast in Iraq three years ago - has died, the Pentagon announced yesterday.
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Friday May 2, 2008 8:35:26 EDT
Sgt. Merlin German had been struggling with burn wounds covering more than 97 percent of his body for nearly two years when he made a decision: painful or not, he was going to don his dress blues and whisk his mother away for a dance during a hospital ball.
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RAMADI, IRAQ (April 29, 2008) – It was a typical quiet morning on April 22, with the temperature intensifying as a bright orange sun emerged high from the horizon.
Continue reading "Heroic last stand, Marines thwart enemy attack" »
By Howard Wilkinson and Cliff Radel - The Cincinnati Enquirer
Posted : Monday Apr 28, 2008 8:59:19 EDT
CINCINNATI — Yes, there were many tears Sunday afternoon as Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin was finally laid to rest. But they were not all tears of sorrow.
Continue reading "Thousands attend service for former MIA Maupin" »
Two young Marines killed in the explosion of a suicide vehicle are being praised for saving the lives of dozens of Marines and Iraqi police by preventing the vehicle from penetrating a police compound in Ramadi.
On Monday, JoAnn Lyles received a letter from her only child, who wrote her about what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.
A lot has changed for the parents of the late Cpl. Jason Dunham since he died in 2004, after saving two other Marines by throwing himself on an insurgent’s grenade in Karabilah, Iraq.
Continue reading "Construction begins on USS Jason Dunham" »
HAMPTON — The military says the death of a Marine from Hampton is under investigation.
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) -- Officials say a 19-year-old Marine has died after he was injured in a traffic accident at Camp Pendleton.
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BATAVIA, Ohio - Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son.
One Mother Of A Fallen Soldier Showed His Platoon Her True Support
(CBS) Maureen O'Haire of Rockland, Mass., supports the troops, and not in the patronizing, bumper-sticker sort of way. She really supports the troops.
Leon Deraps died May 6, 2006, while serving in Iraq
JAMESTOWN, Mo. - Sandy Deraps has a sparkle in her eye and a loving smile on her face when she hears her son's name.
Artist memorializes Lima Company's dead
It came in a vision to Westerville artist Anita Miller: a series of paintings in the Statehouse honoring the fallen servicemen of Lima Company.
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq (March 1, 2008) -- KOREAN VILLAGE, AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ -- The overcast sky at Camp Korean Village, Iraq, March 1 reflected the solemn mood as Marines from 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 gathered to remember their fallen Marine.
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For decades, qualified Washington veterans could buy special license plates that honor wartime honors and service.
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BROOKPARK, Ohio -- On Jan. 12, a warrior named Dontay Burton was laid to rest at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 8 years old.
REDDING, Calif. (Feb 9, 2008) -- Raymond Jacobs, believed to be the last surviving member of the group of Marines photographed during the original U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II, has died at age 82.
Continue reading "Last original Iwo Jima flag-raiser dies at 82" »
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 8, 2008) -- After Cpl. Tom Saba, a crew chief with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, died in a CH-46 Sea Knight crash Feb. 7, 2007 in Iraq, his parents found a photo on his computer.
Continue reading "Web site allows Okinawa Marines to share stories with fallen Marine’s parents" »
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 8, 2008) -- After Cpl. Tom Saba, a crew chief with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, died in a CH-46 Sea Knight crash Feb. 7, 2007 in Iraq, his parents found a photo on his computer.
Continue reading "Web site allows Okinawa Marines to share stories with fallen Marine’s parents" »
For the better part of three years, the refrain from grunts in the Marine Corps has been, "What about Peralta?"
KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 26, 2007) -- The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps made a quick stop at Camp Eggers today and passed a message from a modern day Marine Corps hero’s family to Kabul-area Marines.
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 16, 2007 – They came from around the country, some with tears in their eyes, putting holiday demands on hold to honor veterans most never knew.
Continue reading "America Supports You: Volunteers Decorate Veterans’ Graves" »
AL TAQADDUM, Iraq (Dec. 15, 2007) -- Instead of seeing the brightly colored decorations and twinkling lights found on America’s streets during the holiday season, troops often have to settle for a monochromatic view of the desert.
Continue reading "American people help spruce up Marines’ Christmas" »
SAVANNAH, Georgia (AP) -- Marine Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee and his German shepherd, Lex, scoured Iraq for roadside bombs together, slept next to each other and even posed in Santa hats for a holiday photo.
Continue reading "Marines let dog go to slain handlers' family" »
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 26, 2007) -- The street in front of the Vehicle Registration Office on Camp Foster was dedicated as Captain Brock Road during a ceremony Nov. 16.
Continue reading "Camp Foster road renamed in honor of fallen Marine" »
BALTIMORE —
A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals out of a belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.
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BALTIMORE — The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a fundamentalist church had invaded the family's privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine's funeral.
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By Alex Dominguez - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Oct 26, 2007 12:57:45 EDT
BALTIMORE — The father of a Marine killed in Iraq took the stand Wednesday in his invasion of privacy suit against a fundamentalist church that pickets soldiers’ funerals, saying protesters carrying signs at his son’s burial made him sick to his stomach.
Continue reading "Father of Marine: Funeral protest made me sick" »
LIBERTY, Texas (Map, News) - A Marine from southeast Texas who was killed in Iraq was remembered by family members and friends as a man of great faith who leaves behind six younger siblings.
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Charles Luke Milam may have been inspired to follow a hero's path because of a day he never talked about, a terrible April day in 1999 when he was a student at Columbine High School.
CAMP AL QA’IM, Iraq (Sept. 22, 2007) -- Hippocrates once said, “Art is long, life is short- Ars longa, vita brevis. ”
Continue reading "Marine immortalizes fallen brother through art" »
NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE KINGS BAY, Ga. (Aug. 25, 2007) -- It was no average summer day Aug. 17, in Kings Bay, Ga., at least not at the Marine Corps Security Force Company’s barracks. There was a special feeling in the air for every fellow Marine, sailor, friend and family member of a true American hero.
Continue reading "Cpl. Jason Dunham honored at Kings Bay, Ga." »
A painted likeness turns into an expression of tribute to Americans killed in Iraq.
It's been two years since Marine Sgt. James Randolph Graham III was killed in Iraq, yet on Wednesday a small bit of him -- his spirit, his mother believes -- returned home.
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma has released the names of the three Marines and a sailor killed when their search and rescue helicopter crashed in the Yuma desert Thursday. The base also identified a Marine who was injured in the crash and remains hospitalized at Yuma Regional Medical Center.
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PHOENIX (Aug. 18) - Military officials released few details about the crash of a U.S. Marine Corps search-and-rescue helicopter that went down during a training flight over southwest Arizona, killing four people on board.
KINGS BAY, Ga. -- Friends and family of a U.S. Marine who gave his life in Iraq to save others was remembered on Friday as the Marine barracks at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay were named in his honor.
KINGS BAY, Ga. -- Friends and family of a U.S. Marine who gave his life in Iraq to save others was remembered on Friday as the Marine barracks at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay were named in his honor.
OWASSO -- Maye Ryan, who had been the oldest female Marine veteran in the nation, died Monday night at the Baptist Village, where she had lived for the last 14 years. She was 97.
Continue reading "Services planned for oldest female U.S. Marine veteran" »
Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Aug 15, 2007 12:04:31 EDT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Cpl. Jason Dunham, the first Marine to receive the Medal of Honor in the Iraq war, earned the title Marine at the recruit depot in Parris Island, S.C.
Continue reading "Parris Island, Kings Bay to honor Dunham" »
HOBART — Nothing against Jeff Pentek or Matt Mroczynski, the top two finishers at Saturday morning's Pfc. Ryan Jerabek, USMC Memorial Challenge in Hobart.
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, August 9, 2007
COMBAT OUTPOST RAWAH, Iraq — Hundreds of U.S. Marines in western Iraq waited their turn in intense heat Tuesday to show respect for a fellow Marine killed earlier this month in western Anbar province.
Continue reading "Long line of Marines honors fallen ‘brother’" »
Text From the Congressional Record
Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I received a letter from a mother of a Marine who was killed on July 5 of this year. She asked that I make this letter known to the Members of the House, and that is what I will do at this time. I will read directly from her letter.
Continue reading "A LETTER TO CONGRESS FROM JENIFER ALLBAUGH" »
DWIGHT, Ill. -- Lt. Governor Pat Quinn and the Chicago teamsters are combining forces to help a woman who lost her son last March to the war.
JAMES A. MAZZA JR., 22, of LONG BRANCH, died Sunday, July 22, in Richmond, Va., as a result of a motor-vehicle accident. He was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He entered the Marine Corps in June 2004 and served two deployments in the Middle East in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was awarded the Purple Heart and many other recognitions from the U.S. Navy and the United States Government. Prior to his military service, he enjoyed many summers as a lifeguard at Seven Presidents Park Beach. He was a communicant of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch. He was a 2003 graduate of Long Branch High School. He was a member of the Freedom Worship Center, Jacksonville, N.C., where he served as a deacon. He was born in Long Branch and lived there most of his life.
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jul 9, 2007 19:08:25 EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Harrah Marine died in Iraq after being hit by a roadside bomb explosion, his family confirmed Monday.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (June 1, 2007) – (June 18, 2007) -- A 15-minute drive through Fallujah, Iraq, on June 23, 2005, turned into one of the worst days in history for female U.S. Marines. A suicide bomber drove his car into a convoy, causing a massive explosion that killed three women and three men and severely burnt seven other women.
Continue reading "Training center dedicated to fallen hero" »
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (June 18, 2007) -- Friends, families, fellow Marines and sailors gathered to honor the service, commitment and friendship of fallen brothers of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, May 25, who were killed in action while conducting combat operations in Iraq.
From childhood, Brad Squires dreamed of being two things: a Marine and firefighter.
Continue reading "Plaza honors Marine, others killed in Iraq" »
NEW YORK (May 23, 2007)— (June 1, 2007) -- As America celebrates the Armed Forces at Fleet Week New York 2007, an annual celebration of the nation’s men and women in uniform, the memory of one Marine still lingers amongst the ranks of thousands of United States Marines.
Continue reading "CBIRF Marines remember Medal of Honor recipient" »
Two gruff bikers were a little late to the Memorial Day service at Culpeper National Cemetery Monday.
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Memorial Day is the day we remember the men and women in uniform who died serving this country, from Saratoga and Bunker Hill to Haditha and Fallujah.
Continue reading "Their words live on; Letters shine light on what Marines thought in final days" »
WASHINGTON (American Forces Press Service, May 20, 2007) - More than 3,100 families and friends of servicemembers lost in Iraq and Afghanistan gathered on the grounds of the Washington Monument today to remember their loved ones during a "Time of Remembrance" tribute.
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MILFORD — A few days before Aug. 25, 2006, Marine Cpl. Jordan Pierson could have transferred to a safer assignment in Iraq.
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 19, 2007) -- The Lion of Fallujah is at rest.
PHILADELPHIA – Five days before Lance Cpl. Adam C. Conboy was killed in Iraq, he inspired his own memorial fund.
Continue reading "Pa. Marine's last request for bedding for his platoon inspires mother's charity" »
ONTARIO - During conversations with his dad, 1st Lt. Jared Landaker told him he wanted to buy a new Harley-Davidson Heritage motorcycle when he got home from Iraq and ride with his father in an annual cross-country pilgrimage to honor veterans.
Jared never made it back for the run.
Continue reading "Dad honors fallen Marine; Slain pilot's father joins motorcycle pilgrimage" »
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH - The body of a Marine who drowned Saturday after being caught in a riptide off North Topsail Beach was found in the same general area where he went missing, authorities said.
ALMA, Mich. — A U.S. Marine drowned after saving two children who were swimming off Atlantic Beach in North Carolina, the military said.
Continue reading "Marine Drowns Saving 2 Boys Off North Carolina Beach" »
MT. VERNON — Marine Kyle Price, who died serving his country in Iraq in January 2006, was known for helping others, whether through kind acts or as a member of the Boy Scouts.
Continue reading "Kyle Price Memorial Ride set to roll Saturday" »
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (March 22, 2007) -- Four Marines who were killed in a helicopter crash while conducting combat operations in Iraq were remembered during a memorial service at the Mainside Chapel March 19. Hundreds of family members and friends came to celebrate the lives of Capt. Jennifer J. Harris, 1st Lt. Jared M. Ladaker, Sgt. Travis D. Pfister and Sgt. James R. Tijerina.
Continue reading "Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 remembers fallen heroes" »
WASHINGTON — The legacy of an Iraq War hero from Allegany County will be honored on the high seas for years to come.
Friends, family and fellow marines gathered at the Sacred Heart Church in Portland Wednesday for the funeral of Angel Rosa, a marine from South Portland who was killed in Iraq last week. He was 21 years old.
CAMP PENDLETON — Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Adlesperger, who was killed during the battle in Fallouja in 2004, has been selected for the Navy Cross, the Marine Corps' second highest medal for combat bravery, the corps announced Monday.
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CAMP PENDLETON — Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher Adlesperger, who was killed during the battle in Fallouja in 2004, has been selected for the Navy Cross, the Marine Corps' second highest medal for combat bravery, the corps announced Monday.
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Beth Houck and Teresa Elrod look like any other moms chatting away at the local coffee shop.
Lance Cpl. Angel Rosa, 21
SOUTH PORTLAND -- Lance Corporal Angel Rosa, age 21, of South Portland, died March 13, 2007, while serving his country. He died as a result of wounds received while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Angel was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. Lance Corporal Angel Rosa was posthumously promoted from Private First Class to Lance Corporal. Lance Corporal Angel Rosa's awards include the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, and the Global War on Terrorsim Service Medal.
Capitol flags will be flown at half-staff in honor of Twentynine Palms Marine Lance Cpl. Nathanial D. Windsor, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement today.
Continue reading "Governor sends condolences to family of Twentynine Palms Marine" »
Private First Class Angel Rosa was killed Monday while conducting combat operations in the Anbar province of Iraq. Those who knew him said he was a born leader, a great athlete, and an exceptional young man.
Continue reading "Friends, Family Remember Fallen Maine Soldier" »
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. A Marine private first class who continued to shoot at the enemy from his burning Humvee has been awared the Bronze Star posthumously.
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CAMP PENDLETON -- Sgt. Jeffrey Lynn Kirk will never see the Silver Star awarded for his valor during an intense room-to-room firefight in a Fallujah home more than two years ago.
Continue reading "Marine Sgt. Jeffrey L. Kirk posthumously awarded Silver Star" »
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A 25-year-old Marine from Maple Lake was killed in Al Anbar province, Iraq, when a bomb exploded during combat operations, the Department of Defense and his family said Thursday.
HONOLULU, Hawaii (Hawaii Catholic Herald) – Before he was deployed to Iraq this past August, Marine Corps Lt. Col. Joseph Trane McCloud made sure to spend a “Daddy Day” with each of his three children.
Continue reading "Catholic family remembers U.S. Marine kiled in Iraq as 'dad' first" »
BIG BEAR CITY - Every day during his tour of duty in Iraq, 1st Lt. Jared Landaker flew casualty evacuation missions in dangerous combat zones in al-Anbar Province.
Continue reading "Marine pilot from Big Bear City dies in Iraq" »
Navy Medic, Marine Pleaded to Return; Other Marine Followed Brother's Path
Continue reading "Troops Shared Firm Belief in Iraq Service" »
A 20-year-old Lynn Township man who was motivated to join the Marines by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was killed by a grenade in Iraq on Monday just 20 days after arriving there for his first tour of duty
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The night before her son's funeral, Vicki Melia looked up at the midnight sky. Alone, she sat on the curb outside her Thousand Oaks home talking with him.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Last year, Anthony Melia returned to his alma mater, Thousand Oaks High School, proudly wearing his crisp uniform as a U.S. Marine.
CALEDONIA -- He lost a kidney, his spleen and almost his life.
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Sgt. Eddie Jeffers was killed in Iraq on September 19, 2007. He was 23.
I stare out into the darkness from my post, and I watch the city burn to the ground. I smell the familiar smells, I walk through the familiar rubble, and I look at the frightened faces that watch me pass down the streets of their neighborhoods. My nerves hardly rest; my hands are steady on a device that has been given to me from my government for the purpose of taking the lives of others.
AL UBAYDI, Iraq - Memorial services were held by U.S. Marines and sailors serving in northwestern Al Anbar Province, Iraq, to honor the lives of three fallen Marines, one sailor and a civilian interpreter Dec. 28.
Continue reading "3/4 Marines and sailors honor 5 killed in action in Anbar Province" »
A television special about her son's death led to a telephone call which finally brought some feelings of relief to an Albany mother.
Continue reading "Jesse Strong Marine Remembered In CNN Production" »
SHARON, Wis. - Chet Borowski looks for death every day. He scours the Internet for scraps of information about coalition troops killed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He boils down everything from their names to their units onto tiny strips of text, which he posts on 8-foot sheets of plywood along the road at the front of his property in southern Wisconsin
MIDDLE GROVE, N.Y., Jan. 4 — The flags are cut from rolls of yellow plastic tablecloth, then woven onto thin wire rods. Each is about as long as a man’s size 7 shoe, as wide as an outstretched hand.
Continue reading "With Each Fallen Soldier, a Field of Flags Grows" »
PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- A North Carolina-based Marine on break from fighting in Iraq was found dead in his sleep, leaving family members puzzled as they mourned.
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A tribute to honor a local Marine and others killed while serving in Iraq will be broadcast at 10 tonight on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360.
Continue reading "Bowling's unit subject of CNN show, Segment scheduled to air tonight" »
ARLINGTON, Va. - The sergeant with no legs sat inside the cemetery, thinking about how this homecoming was supposed to happen.
Continue reading "Healer who never fell back laid to rest" »
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Dec. 30, 2006 – Field artillery Marines from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., conducted a 21-gun salute today as part of the departure ceremony for the California portion of the state funeral for former President Gerald R. Ford.
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The skinny sailor sat in the Philadelphia airport terminal in his deep-blue dress uniform, cracking his knuckles, shifting in his seat, waiting for his best friend.
ARLINGTON, Va. — The rows of gravestones stretched out before him like time itself. But when John Lechler saw the date on one particular tombstone, he knew where to lay his wreath. And for a moment, Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Gordon H. Sterling Jr., who died on Dec. 7, 1941, lived again.
To journalists covering the war in Iraq, Marine Corps Maj. Megan Malia McClung was a professional yet friendly face, working hard as a public affairs officer to help them do their jobs.
ANNISTON, Ala. Cody Watson, a 21-year-old Anniston man who joined the Marines last year, fell ill and died while serving in Iraq.
Continue reading "Alabama Marine dies after becoming sick in Iraq" »
CASTLE HILL - When family members talk about Cpl. Dustin J. Libby, they talk about the man he became.
(AP) CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. The Department of Defense said Monday the first woman Marine officer has been killed in Iraq.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - Marine 1st Lt. Nathan Krissoff of Reno has been killed in Iraq, according to his family.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. - A Camp Lejeune Marine killed in Iraq followed his brothers into the military and loved serving his country, a minister said during his funeral Saturday in Wisconsin.
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A memorial to Service men and women from Nevada killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan looks a little different. On Saturday, another stone was added to remember more lives that were lost this year. A dedication ceremony to honor them took place at Red Rock Canyon.
Note: The memorial service was organized and financially supported by DefendingFreedom.net
A Marine from Aroostook County who died in Iraq this week was killed in a firefight, his brother said on Friday night.
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As wind whipped an American flag flying at half-staff, hundreds of mourners from Carlstadt and beyond gathered Friday to bid farewell to the community's second resident recently killed in military combat, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Schwarz.
LONGMONT - Navy Seaman Christopher Anderson wanted all his life to make a difference in the world - and in his short 24 years he did, for his nation and to his family, his father, Rick, said Thursday.
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SCOTTVILLE — A Scottville girl is spending her allowance to make Christmas merrier for the family of a Marine who died in Iraq.
Continue reading "Student remembers family of lost Marine" »
ANZA - Jeromy D. West's memory will return to the football field where he grew up and found a sense of belonging and purpose.
A 110-year-old horse-drawn hearse will carry the body of Canton Marine Pvt. Heath Warner next week.
Continue reading "Horse-drawn hearse to carry Marine's body in Canton" »
Gold Star Mothers lost children in war
ALGONA -- Four mothers from around the Seattle area, driven by a powerful bond, drew together here on a recent Sunday.
They lit memorial candles, set up a small potluck while the aroma of their baking cookies filled the kitchen of the Filipino American community center. The cars they had parked outside hinted at their sisterhood:
Decals with a gold star on a field of white, trimmed in red.
Continue reading "Women revive a club no one wants to join" »
CANTON - When Heath Warner was 12, he visited Arlington National Cemetery with his family.
Seven stacks of sandbags sat aligned in the green grass of Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field Nov. 16. Twenty-one Marines in groups of three stood in dress blues behind each stack of sandbags. Each Marine held a rifle, Kevlar, or boots and dog tags. When the names of the fallen Marines and sailor from 1st Battalion, 7th regiment were called, one Marine with a rifle stepped forward and stuck the rifle with a bayonet attached into the stack of sand bags. A second Marine then placed a Kevlar on top of the buttstock of the rifle, followed by the Marine with the boots and dog tags.
CANTON - The Warner family tried to have as normal a Thanksgiving Day as possible Thursday.
Christmas may be coming a little early for Tallahassee soldiers in Iraq.
A permanent memorial for the 30 fallen heroes of Nevada involved in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars was dedicated last year in December at the Red Rock Canyon Visitor's Center.
On December 9, 2006 at 10:00 a.m., an additional memorial stone will be added to pay tribute to the 12 additional soldiers and Marines from Nevada who have lost their lives over the past year. This dedication program will be held at the Red Rock Visitor's Center, 1000 Scenic Loop Drive.
Continue reading "*Additional memorial stone for fallen Nevada Heroes" »
Vietnam War veteran Ken Davis believes that he has an obligation to himself, the men who fought beside him more than 30 years ago and the families who lost loved ones during the war.
Continue reading "Vietnam veterans maintain online tribute to fallen heroes" »
Richard Linn lost his son, Karl, a Marine, in an ambush in Iraq thousands of miles from the Linns' Midlothian home on Jan. 26, 2005.
Continue reading "Quilts made for families who have 'lost so much'" »
The new Nathan Martens Arizona Memorial will be unveiled with a parade and ceremony on Veterans Day next Saturday.
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CAMP TAQQADUM SURGICAL, Iraq - The chaplain assigned to the medical camp was drafting a homily. The heart surgeon was using the quiet spell to edit a medical paper. The medics chatted over lunch. Twenty miles away, on the desert plain outside Fallujah, an insurgent's bullet tore through the body of a young Marine.
Continue reading "Doctors Struggle to Save Wounded Marine" »
Marine Cpl. Joshua Watkins planned to come home from Iraq on Oct. 31, and his Jacksonville family dreamed of meeting him in a joyous reunion. They wanted to be at the base in North Carolina as he walked off the bus.
The single black bar on his vest made the tall man with bright blue eyes stand out among his camouflaged charges.
Sgt. Jonathan J. Simpson, 25, of Rockport, died Saturday during combat operations against enemy forces in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Monday.
Continue reading "Rockport man dies in Iraq; Insurgents attacked his patrol unit" »
A former Canadian who adopted Texas as his home was killed during a Marine combat operation in Iraq on Saturday.
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The image of eight M-16A2 service rifles bayonetted into the ground with helmets perched on top of the butt stocks, dog tag chains dangling from pistol grips, and empty combat boots is a familiar and haunting picture. Below each memorial is a picture of each fallen hero; seven Marines and one Navy corpsman. All eight troops in this case were with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and was remembered by the Combat Center Oct. 6.
Lance Corporal James Chamroeun, (USMC), died as a result of injuries sustain in Iraq on September 28, 2006.
Tom Minton was at work Tuesday when he received a phone call from a friend asking him if he'd heard the news about Chris Cosgrove.
HADITHA, Iraq (Oct. 1, 2006) -- Just weeks into a seven-month deployment in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, Hawaii-based Marines from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment held a memorial service Oct. 1, 2006, at the Haditha Dam for a Marine killed in action recently.
Marine Lance Cpl. Shane Harris, 23, of Las Vegas died Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006. He was serving his country in operation Iraqi Freedom.
Benson had just two months to go in his second tour of duty in Iraq when a bomb exploded under his vehicle on June 17. He died Saturday night from his injuries.
Moments after Marine Cpl. Johnathan Benson's bomb-wracked body endured a second stroke, his mother knew the end was near.
"His goal as a kid was to serve in the military," Marjorie Benson said Sunday from Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, where she and her husband, Steve, were making funeral arrangements for their 21-year-old son. "Even lying in the bed the Marines here asked him, 'Are you a Marine?' He said, 'Yes sir, I'm still a Marine. I want to go back over."
HAMPTON -- Nineteen-year-old Marty Banks spent three years preparing for a chance to fight terrorism.
MCLB Albany, GA. - Beneath the comforting branches of billowing oak tress and perfectly-aligned white tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., lie the remains of thousands of America’s war dead.
A San Miguel County man died Sunday while serving in Iraq — in what local leaders say was the first combat death of a county resident since the war began.
MIAMI - Guy Gabaldon, who as an 18-year-old Marine Private single-handedly persuaded more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers to surrender in the World War II battle for Saipan, has died. He was 80.
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan
(Sept. 1, 2006) -- More than 200 people gathered in Camp Hansen's West Chapel Aug. 21 to honor a 3rd Marine Logistics Group Marine who died Aug. 16 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio from wounds he received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq March 7.
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HADITHA, Iraq (Aug. 31, 2006) -- Marines who knew Staff Sgt. Jason C. Ramseyer will tell you that he loved three things – his family, his Marines and going to the gym.
Ramseyer, 28, died April 21, 2006, in the western Al Anbar Province of Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded near him.
Continue reading ""America's Battalion" dedicates make-shift gym to fallen warrior in Iraq" »
A photograph of Weimortz exchanging a handshake with an Iraqi child was featured in a magazine.
Cpl. David G. Weimortz was killed in Iraq on Saturday, just days short of his 29th birthday, when a roadside bomb went off while he traveled in his Humvee.
Lance Cpl. Randy Lee Newman, of Bend, died Aug. 20 of injuries from an improvised explosive device in the Al Anbar province of western Iraq. He was 21.
Adam Galvez 1985 ~ 2006 Beloved hero, son, brother, nephew, uncle, grandson and Marine Cpl. Adam Galvez, age 21, ended his tour of duty in Iraq on August 20th, 2006.
Chadwick Thomas Kenyon January 4, 1986 - August 20, 2006 Gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country while serving in the US Navy in Iraq and is now in the presence of the Kingdom of God.
RAWAH, Iraq (Aug. 26, 2006) -- Just more than two weeks after memorializing four Marines killed in action, Marines serving in this region of Al Anbar province gathered to remember three more – two Marines and a sailor – who died last week during combat operations in Iraq.
BEND -- A day before Lance Cpl. Randy Newman was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, he talked to his dad about what he wanted to do when he returned home on leave in late September.
Tony and Amy Galvez, parents of Lance Cpl. Adam Galvez, hold a photo of their son, who died Sunday in Iraq. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune )
Many in her country had turned against the war. The mayor of her city was organizing a protest against the president. And the insurgents in Iraq, Amy Galvez feared, were growing bolder by the day.
Navy Hospitalman Chadwick Kenyon posted his thoughts online about his tour in Iraq as a combat medic with the Marines.
Kyle Donnelly returned home to Lambertville last week to spend time with friends and family before the Marines deployed the 19-year-old private to Iraq next month.
His mother said she had braced herself for the dangers of his pending assignment, but not for the tragedy that claimed Donnelly's life Thursday night when his Jeep crashed on a narrow, heavily wooded road in West Amwell.
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Marines at Camp Hansen on Okinawa hold a memorial service Monday for Sgt. John Phillips, who died after a five-month fight to survive burns suffered in Fallujah, Iraq, in March. During his recovery, Phillips married his girlfriend and was on the mend when infections set in and took his life.
Megan McCloskey / S&S;
By Megan McCloskey, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, August 22, 2006
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — Sgt. John Phillips was a man other Marines would go to for guidance because of his honesty and his intelligence, but mostly because he lived life from the heart, those who served with him said at a memorial service Monday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The most famous photograph of World War II, and maybe of all time, rests in a box in a locked steel cage at The Associated Press photo library in New York. The death of Joe Rosenthal, the man who took it, was an occasion to bring it out for a rare examination.
Continue reading "Iwo Jima photo remains an icon for the Marine Corps" »
COLUMBUS, Ohio --A Marine killed last year in a gun battle in Iraq and another who was wounded in a roadside bombing that killed two of his comrades were awarded Silver Stars at a ceremony Sunday.
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MANSFIELD -- Daniel Travis Krebs, 20, of Windsor Road, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, at MedCentral/Mansfield Hospital.
Not long ago, Marine Lance Cpl. Tony Butterfield sent his parents in the Central Valley city of Clovis a disposable camera that he had used to take pictures while serving in Iraq. When the pictures were developed, one stood out.
Marines start to stand up after placing a pair of boots in front of each of the eight memorials for the Marines with the 3rd battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, who were killed in Iraq, during a memorial service at Camp Pendleton on Friday.
Photo by Hayne Palmour IV
CAMP PENDLETON ---- One Marine after another filed onto the stage of a Camp Pendleton theater Friday to bid a final farewell to eight of their comrades who died in Iraq during the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's most recent deployment to Iraq.
(there is a slide show of the service, just click on the original link)
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ZELLA, Iraq (Aug. 19, 2006) -- Marines and sailors stationed at a small, dusty outpost along one of Iraq’s main highways in Al Anbar Province gathered to pay their final respects to one of their own Aug. 19, 2006.
CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq (Aug. 14, 2006) -- Marines from A Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5 paused their operations to honor one of their fallen, Aug. 14.
AR RAMADI, Iraq (Aug. 13, 2006) -- The Camp Lejeune, N.C., based Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment gathered at Hurricane Point to honor Cpl. Joseph A. Tomci, one of their fallen heroes, in a memorial service Aug. 5.
Continue reading "Lejeune Marines bid farewell to a comrade in arms" »
The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that a U.S. Marine missing in action from World War II has been identified and is being returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
ANTHONY BUTTERFIELD United States Marine Corps "Tony" Tony began his life on earth on May 4, 1987, in Fresno, California.
CINCINNATI (AP) - About a thousand mourners gathered in a Cincinnati-area cemetery to pay their respects to a 21-year-old Marine who died last month in Iraq without ever seeing his now three-week-old daughter.
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Family members of an Austin Marine say their hearts are broken after learning he was killed in Iraq. Sgt. George M. Ulloa Jr., 23, died Thursday after his tank was hit by a roadside bomb. He was a tank gunner who was on his second tour of duty in Iraq.
Continue reading "Slain Austin Marine remembered as a proud father" »
Christian Bautista Williams, 27, died on Saturday, July 29, 2006, from injures sustained during an insurgent IED attack in Rawah, Iraq.
Local Marines were killed in Iraq a year ago today
Tears and laughter will echo through the rooms of a farmhouse near Hillsboro today.
Parents united in grief will gather in this rural spot in Highland County to celebrate the lives of the sons they lost a year ago in Iraq.
BROOK PARK, Ohio (AP) - Their deaths shook a nation that had grown used to the slowly mounting U.S. military casualties in Iraq. A year ago this week, 14 members of the suburban-Cleveland based 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines died in attacks a day apart. The blue-collar suburb's loss drew worldwide mourning. Some say it was a pivotal moment that changed public opinion of the war; others say it strengthened the resolve of military families.
WINTER HAVEN - A week before he died, Christian Williams told his father that he was bored with his station in Iraq.
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Jack Williams talked his son Chris into coming home to Winter Haven after his first enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps, but it didn't take. "I wanted him to go to school and he did for six months, then he said `Dad, I'm not happy. I want to go back to the Corps.' That was where he was happiest and where he felt he belonged," Williams said Wednesday.
Continue reading "Family, Friends Recall Haven Man as Dedicated Marine" »
LAKELAND - A 27-year-old Marine sergeant from Winter Haven was killed Saturday in Iraq's violent Anbar province, the Department of Defense reported Tuesday.
THURMONT-- If everything had gone as planned, Deborah Higgins of Thurmont would be welcoming her son James home in three weeks. Instead, she is planning his funeral.
MCRD San Diego, CA. - Out of a sincere devotion to play the final song for a Marine who has passed away, Cpl. Aaron A. Rapp, from Marine Band San Diego, performed Taps at a funeral July 13 at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (July 20, 2006) - Marines of the Personnel Recovery and Processing unit at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, carry the remains of a fallen service member into a waiting aircraft at Camp Taqaddum’s airfield for transportation to the United States. The mission of PRP is to inventory the personal effects, identify the types of wounds sustained, and prepare the remains of service members killed in the Al Anbar province for transportation to Dover Air Force Base. The Marine Corps’ Personnel Retrieval and Processing units, formerly known as mortuary affairs, serve as a stepping stone on the journey home for those killed while serving in what is arguably the most dangerous province for U.S. service members in Iraq. Called PRP for short, the units are made up of 51 reserve Marines and sailors from various units and job fields. At Camp Taqaddum, a main logistics base located between Fallujah and Ramadi, the Marines have converted an old Iraqi Air Force hangar into the processing center for those killed in the Sunni-dominated area west of Baghdad.
(CBS/AP) A woman whose Marine son died while serving in Iraq is fighting to keep his name off anti-war T-shirts.
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, July 14, 2006
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine based on Okinawa was killed July 2 while conducting combat operations in Iraq’s Anbar province.
Jamie Bryner never had a conversation with Lance Cpl. Steven W. Szwydek before an improvised explosive device killed the 20-year-old Marine last October.
CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq - Lance Cpl. Joseph E. Donaher, assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, pays his final respects to a fallen brother, Cpl. Paul N. King, during a memorial service held July 6 at Camp Baharia, Iraq. King, 24, from Tyngsboro, Mass., was killed in action June 25, by small arms fire in Fallujah, Iraq.
Continue reading "‘New England’s Own’ remembers fallen Marine" »
WARFORDSBURG, Pa. (July 9, 2006) -- More than 700 people gathered for a memorial service and dedication here, June 9, to remember the sacrifice by Lance Cpl. Steven W. Szwydek, a Warfordsburg native.
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(KIRKSVILLE, Mo.) It was a hero's welcome home early Wednesday morning for Lance Corporal Rex Page of Kirksville.
KIRKSVILLE - When Larry and Edie Page drove into Kirksville with their son's body around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, they were given strength when they saw a lone man on the street corner under a streetlight waving an American Flag.
Continue reading "Fallen marine returns to Kirksville; funeral to be Sunday afternoon" »
MANASSAS, Va., July 2, 2006 – Under the cover of darkness, more than 100 people lit candles June 28 during a vigil at the Silent Thunder Memorial for Freedom here, which is being built to honor the fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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MANASSAS, Va., July 2, 2006 – Under the cover of darkness, more than 100 people lit candles June 28 during a vigil at the Silent Thunder Memorial for Freedom here, which is being built to honor the fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A U.S. soldier from the Friedburg, Germany-based 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, renders honors to the memorial of Spc. Michael J. Potocki June 28, 2006, in Hit, Iraq, during a memorial service. Potocki, a 21-year-old native of Baltimore, Md., and 2003 graduate of Patterson Senior High School, was killed in action June 26, 2006, while conducting combat operations in Hit – a city of 30,000 in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province. Potocki is the second U.S. soldier killed in the region since the battalion arrived in February. “He was a new breed of infantry soldier, but more importantly, he was a helluva person,” said Potocki’s team leader, Cpl. William McCoy, during the ceremony. “He is what I would want another country to see an American as.”
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (June 29, 2006) – Gavin Schuck, son of fallen combat engineer Cpl. Brandon Schuck, sits in his mother’s arms, June 29. Schuck was presented savings bonds valued at $4,000 by the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation to put toward his college education. Schuck was killed in action, Feb. 6, in Baghdadi, Iraq, while conducting combat operations and was with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
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DETROIT - A Marine and one-time recruiter who appeared in Michael Moore's documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" has died in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
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MANSFIELD, Ohio — Michael Stover didn’t cry.
As a child, he lost a tear duct when a friend whacked him in the head with a snow shovel. He told his older brother and sister that’s why he didn’t shed tears, even when he did crazy childhood things like fall from trees.
A Marine assigned to the Hawaii-based India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment pays his final respects to Cpl. Michael Estrella, a 20-year-old from Hemet, Calif., June 25, 2006, at a memorial service at the Marines’ base in Haditha, Iraq. Estrella was killed by enemy gunfire recently while on patrol with his platoon while searching for a suspected insurgent in western Al Anbar Province, Iraq. During the ceremony, Marines described Estrella as a “dedicated and professional Marine” who excelled at his job of being a radio operator. He often went without sleep to make sure his battalion had communication, the Marines said. Estrella was a 2003 graduate of Hemet High school and joined the Marine Corps in September 2003. He reported to 3rd Battalion in May 2004 and deployed with the unit to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom last year. His awards include the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Sea Service Deployment ribbon. The Hawaii-based battalion, also known as “America’s Battalion,” arrived in March and will be replaced by another Hawaii-based Marine unit this fall.
Continue reading "Hemet, Calif., Marine killed in Iraq remembered by fellow Marines, sailors" »
Family and friends of of Pfc. Thomas Lowell Tucker, 25, of Madras, are grieving this week after the U.S. military announced early Tuesday morning that two soldiers' bodies were recovered by troops in Iraq.
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (June 21, 2006) -- Call it a little bit of justice.
Marine snipers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment shot and killed an insurgent sniper and spotter preparing to shoot at passing Marines, June 16. And the insurgents were going to use a stolen Marine sniper rifle for the attack.
That rifle – an M-40A1 – belonged to the “Magnificent Bastards” of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, a battalion within the Regimental Combat Team 5 family. It was taken by insurgents when a team of four Marines were killed in a rooftop outpost June 21, 2004, in Ramadi.
Continue reading "Former ‘Magnificent Bastards’ react to sniper rifle recovery" »
CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq (June 20, 2006) -- Scout snipers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment killed an enemy sniper and recovered a Marine sniper rifle lost nearly two years ago during a mission near Habbaniyah June 16.
The rifle was the one formerly used by four Marines of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment who were killed on a rooftop in Ramadi June 21, 2004.
Continue reading "Darkhorse snipers kill insurgent sniper, recover stolen Marine sniper rifle" »
The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters from a Kansas church filed an invasion-of-privacy suit against the demonstrators June 5.
LOS ANGELES - Marine Lance Cpl. Salvador Guerrero didn't want his mom to worry, so he told her he was training in Japan - not deployed in Iraq.
Last week, three Marines in uniform arrived on Rosa Guerrero's doorstep in Whittier, telling her that her son had been killed in combat June 9 west of Baghdad. Guerrero had been in Iraq since March
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AL BU HARDAN, Iraq (June 15, 2006) -- Marines and sailors gathered at a small headquarters outpost near the Euphrates River to pay respects to three fallen brothers.
Two Marines and one sailor lost their lives while conducting security operations in a village near the Iraqi-Syrian border. Their vehicle struck a mine on one of the region’s dangerous roadways June 9, 2006.
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AL BU HARDAN, Iraq (June 15, 2006) -- Marines and sailors gathered at a small headquarters outpost near the Euphrates River to pay respects to three fallen brothers.
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The Marine Corps is investigating the June 3 death of an officer in Iraq as a possible suicide, officials said.
Maj. Michael D. Stover died “of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound” at Taqqadum, a large air base west of Baghdad in Anbar province, according to 1st Lt. Kevin Schultz, a spokesman at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. (MWSS 374)
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GREENBELT, Md. - The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters from a fundamentalist Kansas church filed an invasion-of-privacy suit against the demonstrators Monday.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: PFC Chance Phelps, 19, died April 9 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was buried in Dubois, Wyoming on April 17. The below story was written by LtCol. Mike Strobl, assigned to Manpower Management Officer Assignments at Quantico, who volunteered to be the escort officer for PFC Phelps during his journey home. LtCol Strobl's mission as escort officer was to ensure PFC Phelps arrived home with dignity and honor and in a professional and timely manner.
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (June 2, 2006) -- Marines of 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment paused to honor three men who gave the full measure for freedom.
Those who ‘did their job’ honored at Memorial Day ceremony in New Bern
ZANESVILLE - Every day is Memorial Day for Kathy Godwin.
Every day Kathy mourns the death of her son, Marine Cpl. Todd Godwin, 21, who died from injuries received during enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq on July 20, 2004.
Continue reading "In Honor of the Fallen: Marine Cpl. Todd J. Godwin" »
SNOHOMISH -- A year ago here in the foothills to the Cascades, Brian and Shellie Starr began Memorial Day as they always had. It was the start of summer, a weekend of camping, cookouts and catching up.
Brian drove to his office. "I had all these errands to run," Shellie recalls.
Continue reading "The War Comes Home: One family lost a son, but the nation gained a hero" »
Let’s be clear, this Memorial Day will be very difficult for thousands of families, friends, and military teammates of those American warriors who have died during the last year. Many of these heroes leave behind very young families and all have grieving mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters and others. This will the first Memorial Day since their loved one’s death and it will no doubt be a very difficult day.
Gov. Bill Owens signed a measure today limiting protests at funerals, saying families and friends of the dead have the right to expect privacy at the services.
Vietnam Veteran Steve Bozeman, Staff Sergeant John Glaister, and First Sergeant Rick Caisse ran twenty miles on Saturday, May 20, 2006, with a Healing Field American flag purchased from the Exchange Club of Lynchburg in order to honor those five Marines from Company C in Lynchburg who were killed in Iraq last year.
COLUMBUS - As Jim Dyer of Evendale walked into a dark theater here Tuesday night to watch a film on Lima Company, his son's Marine Reserve unit, what he wanted more than anything was the one thing he could not have ... his son Christopher at his side.
Instead, what he saw was his son on a movie screen in a short, choppy piece of videotape from a hand-held camera, an image of a handsome, gap-toothed Marine relaxing with his brother Marines in bivouac, strumming a guitar and singing "Puff the Magic Dragon."
VISTA ---- The solemn sound of the song "Amazing Grace" performed on bagpipes filled the few empty spaces at the Vista Wal-Mart parking lot Saturday during an early, outdoor Memorial Day ceremony.
Continue reading "Vista honors two fallen troops with banners" »
Twenty-seven-year-old Lance Corporeal Eric Palmisano of Florence was remembered Saturday, for his courage, his leadership, but most of all, his sense of humor.
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Demonstrators would be barred from disrupting military funerals at national cemeteries under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the White House.
Marine Cpl. Stephen R. Bixler didn't mind serving a second tour in Iraq. He only wished that he could have been with fellow Marines in Ramadi, instead of Fallujah, because he thought he could help them weather the tough assignment.
Dear Mr. Bush:
You do not know me, however I felt compelled to write to you and tell you about my son. You see, he was a 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment based in Hawaii, and he now lives in your neighborhood, Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60.
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AR RAMADI, Iraq (May 19, 2006) -- Private First Class Jon M. Turner remembers blasting Led Zeppelin, joking, and knocking back a few cold ones with his buddy.
War Documentary Chronicles Iraq Heroism in Painful Detail
ARLINGTON, Va., May 16, 2006 — - Paula Zwillinger knew something awful had happened when she saw two military officers waiting in her driveway as she came home from work on June 6, 2005. The officers told her that her son had been hit by a roadside bomb in Fallujah and had died 17 hours later.
Continue reading "Soldier's Mom Views Son's Last Hours in HBO's 'Baghdad ER'" »
FAIRFIELD, Ohio - A soft-spoken suburban real-estate broker, John Prazynski didn't consider himself political and never expected to become a public figure, much less a pro-war activist. But in the year since his son Taylor, a Marine, died in Iraq, Prazynski has devoted much of his time to supporting the troops through fundraisers, two trips to Camp Lejeune, N.C., and interviews backing the war effort.
Continue reading " Grief Compels Marine's Dad to Support War" »
BRUNSWICK, GA -- A marine platoon comes together to honor and remember one of their own. Corporal John Stalvey was killed when a roadside bomb struck his humvee a few months ago.
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In the span of 10 minutes, the short life of Aaron Simons flashed on screens before hundreds attending his funeral Thursday in the Calvary Temple Worship Center in Modesto.
KARABILAH, Iraq (April 29, 2006) -- A two-time veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lance Cpl. Aaron W. Simons was a Marine who could be counted on in any situation.
Continue reading "‘Suicide Charley’ mourn fallen Marine in Iraq" »
He died in a flood 60 days after he was deployed to Iraq.
God must have built Lance Cpl. Eric A. Palmisano without a filter, because he would say exactly what was on his mind -- and it was always hilarious.
Continue reading "Marine is remembered for his humor and antics" »
Before leaving home for his second tour to Iraq, Staff Sgt. Daniel Clay left a letter with his family and an instruction to open it only in the event of his death. Clay was killed in action in Iraq on Dec. 1, 2005.
Continue reading "“I have been in the company of heroes...” 2/7 memorializes 13 fallen" »
DAVIE · The oak trees at The Ridge of Nob Hill community remained standing after Hurricane Wilma, unlike other landscaping throughout the town.
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"He had a brilliant mind, motivated by the heart of a child"
If you ever dined at Brio Tuscan Grille or the Black Fin restaurants in Winter Park, Eric Palmisano might have been the kid who parked your car.
Continue reading "Orlando Marine dies at turning point in life" »
HADITHA, Iraq (April 27, 2006) -- Staff Sgt. Jason C. Ramseyer will be remembered for the countless sacrifices he made for his fellow Marines.
Continue reading "Hawaii Marines mourn loss of warrior, leader, father" »
I first met Lance Cpl. Justin Sims the day I arrived at the Marine base here called Hurricane Point. He was sitting in front of the battalion headquarters on the top of his Humvee, ballistic sunglasses over his eyes, hand resting on his gun turret. He was a machine-gunner. It was a bright, clear morning, good light, good photo. I took a picture.
Continue reading "Embedded With Marines in Iraq By The AP" »
First came the bullets to his torso and his face. The automatic gunfire struck Sgt. Rafael Peralta the second he opened that door in a Fallujah house on Nov. 15, 2004.
Then, as Peralta lay dying, came the grenade, lobbed into the room with him and five other Marines.
RAMADI, Iraq — Eyes hidden behind sunglasses designed to protect against flying shrapnel, Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Sims sat proudly atop the gun turret of his Humvee as the sun rose on morning over a dusty Marine base called Hurricane Point.
Hundreds of people blocked a grieving family from protestors at funeral services for a fallen Marine Wednesday morning. Lance Corporal Philip Martini was killed in Iraq earlier this month. He was buried in South Holland.
CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (April 19, 2006) -- “All the stories and memories him and I have, I’m going to carry with me for the rest of my days,” said the young Marine, emotion gripping his voice, tears welling up in his eyes.
Remembering the life and legacy of his best friend was a difficult task as so many experiences filled the short two years and seven months he knew Lance Cpl. Darin T. Settle.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine was anxious to meet his son for the first time" »
CAMP TAQADDUM (Apr. 8, 2006) -- “He could take the worst job in the world and make it ok,” said Sgt. Nicholas Cunningham with a somber look and grief in his eyes.
Continue reading "Marines mourn the loss of a light-hearted friend" »
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (April 6, 2006) -- Greg Medina awoke in the early morning hours of Nov. 12, 2004, with an intense, shooting pain in his side. Clutching the ache, Medina was unable to cry out; he could hardly breathe. After several agonizing minutes the pain subsided, but was replaced with a haunting sense that he had lost his son, Lance Cpl. Brian Medina, an infantryman then serving with B Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, in Fallujah, Iraq.
Continue reading "Labor of love; Father keeps memory alive through Marine Corps museum" »
KILO Company gives tribute to four men who gave the ultimate sacrifice to their country last year.
Continue reading "Tribute Paid To Fallen Marines In Marshall County" »
TUCSON — Elena Zurheide was sitting on her in-laws' couch, cradling her infant son, when an achingly familiar story on the television news grabbed her attention. Another local Marine had been killed in Iraq — meaning another young widow, another fatherless newborn. And another wake.
In an instant she made a decision. She would attend the wake for Cpl. Jeffrey Lawrence, who, like Zurheide's husband, had been on his second tour of duty.
Continue reading "In Marines' Deaths, a Friendship Is Born" »
A street was named Saturday in honor of a local marine killed in Iraq. Close to 200 people gathered to pay tribute to Corporal Shane Kielion.
As he sank into the couch in his parents' Freemansburg home, the shrapnel scar visible behind his ear, 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Tony Gilliard clicked through an electronic photo album of the guys he spent nine months with, fighting side-by-side in Iraq.
Continue reading "On war's anniversary, a family mourns, another worries" »
Yellow Ribbon Week
Saluting the soldiers in Iraq and their families back home
The Heart of a Marine
(Georgette & Roy Frank on their son Phillip Frank)
1 Marine lost, many lives changed
No one can quite remember if young Chris Dyer chose the viola or - as sometimes fatefully happens - the viola "chose" him. But the match-up between the quirky stringed instrument and the independent, individualistic teenager seemed a perfect fit.
Continue reading "An unlimited future; an unfinished story" »
They are a band of mothers and fathers, now brothers and sisters, united in grief and healing.
Three years ago, none of them knew each other.
Then, one by one, they lost their sons in war.
ROCHESTER - History was changed Tuesday in a quiet VIP room at the Rochester International Airport when President George W. Bush signed a bill to rename the Scio post office in honor of Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham.
Continue reading "Bush signs Dunham bill: President: Scio man's death was ‘not for naught'" »
A story of how Christopher Dyer's death in Iraq changed many lives
As of Friday afternoon, 2,314 American troops had died in the Iraq war. As the war approaches its third anniversary Monday, the U.S. death toll approaches the lives lost in 9/11. Cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has surpassed $400 billion.
'The worst pain imaginable'
Continue reading "Gold Star Families talk of losing relatives in Iraq" »
Mar 17, 2006 — Even after losing her son in Iraq, Julie Snyder doesn't regret giving him permission to join the Marines.
When Matthew Snyder was a senior at Westminster High School in Maryland, he called his mother at work, said hi, and added, "I just enlisted in the Marines!"
(CBS) One military mother is going to extraordinary lengths to pay tribute to her fallen son. Jerry Bowen reports on her journey in the fourth part of the CBS Evening News special series, "The Iraq War: Three Years and Counting."
MCRD/ERR PARRIS ISLAND, S.C.(March 16, 2006) -- While retired Master Sgt. Eulas "Jody" Talley Jr.'s name may not be immediately familiar, his face is more famous than many Marines aboard the Depot would guess.
Karla Comfort Takes Her Tribute To Her Marine Son On The Road
(CBS) One military mother is going to extraordinary lengths to pay tribute to her fallen son. Jerry Bowen reports on her journey in the fourth part of the CBS Evening News special series, "The Iraq War: Three Years and Counting."
MODESTO, Calif. - A Marine who yearned as a little boy to be a soldier was killed in Iraq when a suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into a building he was guarding.
Lance Cpl. Bunny Long, 22, died Friday near Fallujah.
Continue reading "Marine killed in Iraq is second dead son for Modesto family" »
Funerals are different. Funerals are for private grieving. And, therefore, funerals, at times, should be off-limits.
Especially to a warped organization such as the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., which goes around protesting at funerals, jeering and waving signs that say "God Hates You."
Continue reading "Hate has no place at a soldier's funeral" »
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, March 12, 2006
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The death of an Okinawa-based Marine who was serving in Iraq was announced Thursday by the Department of Defense.
Continue reading "Marine from Okinawa-based III MEF is killed in Iraq" »
Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry was due to return home from Iraq to his wife and three children on March 15, just days before the three-year anniversary of the start of the war. But the diligent Marine who specialized in defusing explosive devices was killed Wednesday after he volunteered to disarm a bomb in Iraq's war-torn Al Anbar province.
Continue reading "Family remembers selfless Marine killed in Iraq as a humble patriot" »
LORENA, Texas Gunnery Sargent John D. Fry could have left the dangers of Iraq after injuring his hand last fall. But his family says the 28-year-old Marine continued working for seven more hours disarming an explosive.
Fry was working to disarm another bomb when he was killed Wednesday in the Al Anbar province.
James Bryson Jr.'s mother remembered him as someone who loved the U.S. Marine Corps above all.
The 27-year-old had served in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Then he went to Iraq, supporting combat operations in the tumultuous city of Fallujah. He was promoted to staff sergeant Feb. 1 after volunteering to extend his tour of duty with the Marines another six months.
Continue reading "Mother reflects on son who was 'Marine' first" »
This is how those who loved Justin Martone knew him best, in uniform, proudly serving his country.
Justin's parents tell us as an explosive technician in the Marines, he was fulfilling his childhood dream.
Saddened Marines and Sailors aboard the Combat Center gathered at the Protestant Chapel Feb. 24 for a memorial service mourning the loss of a Marine with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.
LANCASTER - Rising Park will be the setting during St. Patrick's Day weekend for a mobile memorial to Ohio's fallen soldiers from the Iraq War.
"It's one of the most moving memorials you will see," said Andy Leavitt, one of organizers and a board member for the Ohio Flags of Honor Foundation.
Continue reading "Mobile soldier tribute coming to Lancaster" »
SCIO - The bill to rename the Scio post office after Jason Dunham is on its way to the desk of President George W. Bush.
Continue reading "Dunham bill finally on way to president" »
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (March 2, 2006) -- Karla Comfort received a lot of looks and even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton, Ark., to Camp Pendleton, Calif., in her newly-painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (March 2, 2006) -- Karla Comfort received a lot of looks and even some salutes from people when she drove from Benton, Ark., to Camp Pendleton, Calif., in her newly-painted, custom Hummer H3 March 2.
FALLUJAH, Iraq (Jan. 16, 2006) -- “We are here today to honor Corporal Albert P. Gettings,” said Capt. William H. Grube, the commanding officer for Company F, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
RAMADI, Iraq -- Not long before the invasion of Iraq, when death still seemed far over the horizon, Jason Lemieux joked that he would tattoo Ruben Valdez's name on his arm if his buddy were killed in action.
Continue reading "Tattoos Honor Marines Killed In Iraq and Help the Survivors" »
“Many of us in this chamber have sons, daughters, relatives that are serving in combat zones. I feel very privileged: My son served three combat tours and I got him home every time. Alan and Gayle weren’t near as lucky. I think one of things we’ve all heard many times in our lifetime is only the good die young. Andy Patten was 19 years old, an outstanding young Marine, the pride of the Class of 2004 of Byron High School. He is sadly missed and was greatly loved.”
WYOMING -- At the end of a rushed phone call Ross Smith placed from Iraq on Tuesday, his mother promised a care package would arrive within days and told the Marine corporal to stay safe.
Continue reading "Wyoming family loses their 'little GI Joe'" »
For AirbrushGuy & Company artist Robert Powell, it's not the custom airbrushing that's makes this job unique, but the sheer amount of the work and the subject matter that makes this project a bit different.
They came from all walks of life -- from a Navajo reservation to the suburbs of Milwaukee.
Rolling memorials to Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick Kenny will touch just about every U.S. highway.
Continue reading "Trucking company will honor fallen Marine" »
English teacher Gayle Smith could always count on Hugo Lopez to come around to see her, first as a student at her Fullerton high school and later as a faithful volunteer who showed up every Friday morning to help drive other teens to volunteer jobs at a nearby elementary school.
Continue reading "20-year-old Pendleton man succumbs to injuries from Iraq explosion" »
WASHINGTON - President Bush singled out a fallen Marine from Pensacola in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, using the words of Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Clay to bolster his case for staying the course in Iraq.
Carmel grad abducted by Navy man posing as an investigator, authorities say
CARMEL, Ind. -- A Marine Corps color guard escorted the casket carrying Justin Lee Huff's body to the foot of the pulpit at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.
NORFOLK NAVAL BASE, Va. — The Navy on Tuesday charged a petty officer with the kidnapping and murder of a Marine found dead Jan. 13 in Currituck County, N.C.
Engineman 3rd Class Cooper Jackson, 22, of Boones Mill, Va., was charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with one count each of premeditated murder, kidnapping, impersonating a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent and obstruction of justice, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic announced.
Continue reading "Sailor charged in Marine’s kidnapping, death" »
Cpl. Justin James Watts, 20, was a Marines' Marine, say the men who served with him. The weather never got so hot, nor the packs so heavy, that the Crownsville man wouldn't volunteer to help buddies who became exhausted.
Continue reading "Mourners remember Crownsville Marine who died in Iraq" »
A Chandler man who broke bad news to countless families in his previous career as a cop knew what had happened as soon as he opened his door Friday night.
Three Marines in full dress uniform were there to tell Mark Dewey that his son, Brandon, had been killed by a car bomb earlier that day in Iraq.
Continue reading "Chandler family loses Marine son in Iraq war" »
Joshua Scott, a 24-year-old Marine who lived in the Keith community in Catoosa County, was killed Sunday in Iraq when the driver of a Humvee he was riding in lost control and the vehicle overturned.
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq(Jan. 24, 2006) -- A memorial service was held in a crowded chapel here, Jan. 17, for Lance Cpl. Jonathan K. Price who was fatally wounded while conducting operations in Al Anbar’s provincial capital city four days earlier.
Continue reading "Marines remember Woodlawn, Ill., native" »
(CBS 13) TRACY A Marine from Tracy has died in a suicide bombing. He is the fifth person to die from Tracy since the war began. (Video footage of LCpl Dewey at ext link)
Soon, a little boy will be born and he will be named for the soldier who saved his father's life.
Mrs. Robert Paul of Enterprise said sacrificing himself to save another is something her grandson would have done, and indeed did on Jan. 5 when he died in Ramadi, Iraq. Just before a suicide bomber detonated the explosives in his vest, 23-year-old Marine Sgt. Adam L. Cann threw himself between the bomber and his fellow soldier, a friend whose wife is expecting a little boy.
Continue reading "Marine gives life to save others in Iraq" »
The biggest disappointment in Raul Mercado's young life was not getting into the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. After spending a decade in Mexico, his SAT verbal scores weren't high enough.
Continue reading "Marine Lance Cpl. Raul Mercado, 21, Monrovia; Killed by Roadside Bomb" »
Oglala Sioux bestow a lasting tribute - a name - to first tribal fatality in Iraq
KYLE, S.D. - Two miles from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation the car radio crackled, then locked onto the signal.
WOODLAWN - A strong breeze blowing across the flat lands of rural Jefferson County made a red, white and blue blur of the U.S. flags that lined the route to Woodlawn Friday.
Continue reading "A solemn goodbye: Family, friends mourn the loss of local Marine killed in Iraq" »
CHICOPEE, Mass. -- An 18-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Chicopee killed in Iraq was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for valor Friday in a ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Continue reading "Mass. Marine Veteran Posthumously Awarded Bronze Star" »
CAMP PENDLETON ---- Minutes after a Bronze Star Medal with Valor was pinned on the shirt of the young son of a Marine captain and company commander killed last year in Ramadi, Iraq, 1st Sgt. Michael Brookman stooped and delivered a message to the boy.
"Your father is a hero," Brookman told 6-year-old Nathaniel Maloney, son of Capt. John W. Maloney. "Don't ever forget it."
Continue reading "Marine captain killed in Iraq is awarded Bronze Star posthumously" »
A Marine found dead of a gunshot wound in his barracks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar was under investigation Thursday.
Tribal members memorialize Marine corporal killed in Iraq
With clenched fists, Doyla Carol Underbaggage Lundstrom pressed a folded American flag against her chest and stared blankly at the oak casket in front of her.
Brett Lundstrom and his mother, Doyla, planned to move to the Denver area by April after he returned from Iraq.
The native of Vermillion, S.D., was serving as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps and wanted to move to Colorado because he loved the mountains and wanted to be closer to relatives, family members said.
Investigators on Friday found the body of Cpl. Justin L. Huff, 23, of Indianapolis, in a wooded area of Currituck County, N.C., just south of the Virginia-North Carolina border. Huff had been missing since Jan. 2 from the Dam Neck Annex of Oceana Naval Air Station. (1st MLG Marine)
Continue reading "Indianapolis Marine slain in N.C., sailor held" »
WOODLAWN, Ill. - The high school in this tiny southern Illinois town will close Friday so students and staff can attend the funeral of a 2004 graduate killed last week in Iraq.
Continue reading "Southern Illinois community remembers fallen Marine" »
A Marine corporal from Crownsville described by friends as "one of the above-and-beyond guys" died in Iraq this weekend.
Cpl. Justin J. Watts, a 2003 graduate of Old Mill High School and a versatile athlete, died on Jan. 14 of an apparent non-hostile gunshot wound, according to the Department of Defense.
Continue reading "Crownsville Marine fatally shot during second tour of Iraq" »
Although Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Kyle Price's daughter will never know her daddy, there is one thing she will know - he died doing what he believed in.
Woodlawn, Ill. resident Kyle Price, 19, son of Cheryl Hunsell and stepson of John Hunsell, died Jan. 13 after coming under enemy fire while on guard duty near Ramadi, Iraq.
Continue reading "Marine leaves behind wife, daughter in Illinois, grandfather in Martinsville" »
Emotions run high and memories are vivid when a fallen Marine is memorialized.
POQUOSON -- Mark Slatton goes home to Northern Virginia today as part of a caravan that will include the flag-draped casket of Pfc. Kyle Brown
CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Jan. 15, 2006) -- Many families have traditions that extend for multiple generations. For some families, it may be a holiday event or a religious celebration, but for some it’s the tradition of serving in the United States Marine Corps. (2nd CSSG 2nd MLG)
Continue reading "Marine keeps tradition of Corps, service" »
A 19-year-old Marine Corps lance corporal from Woodlawn in Jefferson County has died while serving in Iraq. Lance Corporal Jonathan Kyle Price died Friday of injuries suffered while on guard duty in Ramadi, Iraq.
Continue reading "Woodlawn Marine Dies While Serving in Iraq" »
Final 'OOHRAH' given for McCurdy
Polly Mose, left, with the Choctaw Detachment of the Marine Corps League, salutes as a Marine Honor Guard removes the flag from the casket of Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan McCurdy during interment services Friday. Seated is his mother, Jan McCurdy, and saluting is his brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Grant McCurdy.
Kyle Brown's father has slept little since his son was killed in Iraq. Now, support is pouring in.
WOODLAWN, Ill. - A 19-year-old soldier from this southern Illinois community has died of injuries suffered while on guard duty in Ramadi, Iraq, his family confirmed Saturday.
PIERRE, S.D. -- Flags in South Dakota flew half staff Friday in memory of a Marine killed in Iraq.
The funeral for Cpl. Brett Lundstrom, 22, was scheduled next Wednesday in Colorado.
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The military said Friday it is investigating the cause of death of a Marine from Pennsylvania who was found dead in his barracks room at Camp Lejeune.
Continue reading "Lejeune identifies Marine found dead in barracks" »
CLIMAX -- When Don Bailey's phone rang at 6 a.m. Sunday, he thought it was his usual weekend wake-up call from his buddy in Iraq.
Continue reading "Climax Marine mourned Lance corporal killed in Iraq was `where he wanted to be'" »
INDIANAPOLIS - The names and photos of 77 military personnel with Indiana connections killed in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have been placed on a memorial at the state capitol Monday.
(Update, Washington, January 11, 2006, 12:12 p.m.) The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that a West Michigan Marine was killed Saturday in Iraq.
Christopher Best was fulfilling his dream in service. (3rd LAR)
Lance Cpl. Jason T. Little, a 2003 graduate of Climax-Scotts High School, was one of five Marines killed Saturday in the war in Iraq. (2nd Tanks)
The Newport News man, serving his second tour in the country, died in fighting on Saturday.
BATON ROUGE, La. The regular chapel service at the church-run school he had attended became a memorial service for U-S Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ryan S. McCurdy, killed by small-arms fire in Fallujah, Iraq.
Christian Life Academy Principal Peter Barnes says he's proud of what McCurdy stood for. McCurdy graduated from the school in 2004.
Sgt. Adam L. Cann killed in suicide blast in Ramadi
By Monte Morin, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Monday, January 9, 2006
Marine Sgt. Adam L. Cann, who was killed in a suicide attack in Ramadi on Thursday, is remembered by fellow Marines as a consummate professional. “I never met a better Marine doing what he did,” one of his fellow dog handlers recalled.
Continue reading "Marine dog handlers in Iraq mourn death of colleague" »
DAVIE -- Leigh and Carol Cann had heard the stories before about Marine deaths in Iraq and the dreaded knock on the door from the men in green uniforms.
It was always someone else's son.
(Sgt Adam Cann)
Continue reading "Davie family remembers 23-year-old son killed in Iraq" »
The father of 27-year-old Marine Corp. Albert Gettings, of New Castle, said his son also died on Thursday when his squad was attacked by small arms fire near Fallujah.
Continue reading "Western Pa. Soldier, Marine Killed In Iraq" »
(KDKA) NEW CASTLE A family in New Castle, Lawrence County, is coping with the death of their son in Iraq.
CAMP PENDLETON ---- A 23-year-old sergeant is the latest locally based Marine to die in action in Iraq. Marine Corps officials Friday said Sgt. Adam L. Cann, 23, of Davie, Fla., died in a suicide bomb attack on an Iraqi police recruitment center in Ramadi.
As Michelle Boatman strolled into the Marine Corps Exchange on Camp Lejeune last month to take care of some shopping, something stopped her.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 3, 2006) -- The memory of fallen Marines lives on in a new painting at the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's command post in Camp San Mateo.
Continue reading "Memorial unveiled for fallen "Darkhorse" Marines" »
RANCHO BERNARDO ---- A Marine and a sailor killed Wednesday night in a military vehicle accident on Interstate 15 were identified Thursday by Marine officials, and remembered by friends. (3rd LAR Marines)
Continue reading "Marine division in fatal crash had served two tours of duty in Iraq" »
CAMP PENDLETON ---- As they near deployment back to Iraq, many for the third time since the initial U.S. invasion in 2003, Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment paused Tuesday to honor their comrades killed fighting in Fallujah in 2004.
Continue reading "Painting honors Marines fighting in Iraq" »
SAN DIEGO -- There's controversy over how the military is transporting the bodies of service members killed overseas, San Diego TV station KGTV reported.
Continue reading "Family Upset After Soldier's Body Shipped As Freight" »
TOKYO The U-S military said today that a Marine from suburban Detroit has died in a training accident in Japan.
It says Corporal David W- Smith of Wayne was killed on Sunday when a seven-ton military vehicle overturned.
Continue reading "Michigan Marine dies in training accident in Japan" »
More than 600 eulogize the Byron native as a hero.
CENTRALIA, Wash. - A U.S. Marine from Centralia, Washington, who was profiled on the official U.S. Marines' website, has been confirmed killed in Iraq.
Continue reading "Toll Grows For Northwest Soldiers In Iraq" »
Andrew Patten was one of 10 to die Thursday in a roadside-bombing attack in Iraq.
NAPERVILLE — From all accounts, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Adam Kaiser lived a quiet life before he was killed serving with the Marines in Iraq.
His funeral service, however, might not be that quiet for his Romeoville parents and others who mourn his death.
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Battle wounds are not always visible and often need help to heal. An Oregon family is concerned that troops are not being counseled after serving on the front lines, and they claim it caused their loved one to take his own life.
Continue reading " Father Pushes For Soldier Counseling After Son's Suicide" »
People in the town of Portland are coming together to support a family who lost their loved one overseas. 24-year-old Dave Huhn was killed last Thursday in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded.
Continue reading "Residents Showing Patriotism After Local Soldier's Death" »
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) _ The remains of a U.S. Marine from Utica have been identified more than 50 years after he died while fighting in the Korean War, a published report said Tuesday.
Continue reading "Remains of Marine killed in Korean battle identified" »
The flag at Naperville Central High School flew at half-staff Monday in honor of the school's second graduate to die serving in the war in Iraq.
Continue reading "Fallen Marine set goals for himself, and achieved them " »
TOMAH, Wis. — As a child, Andy Stevens drew military pictures, a family friend said Monday.
Continue reading "Slain soldier from Tomah always wanted military career" »
The Iraq war weighs heavily on people in Twentynine Palms, Calif., a small desert town adjacent to the sprawling military base where Marines are trained to fight.
Ten Twentynine Palms Marines killed in Iraq are being remembered here in the Valley and up in the Hi Desert. This as Governor Schwarzenegger orders flags at the Capitol to be flown at half-staff in their honor.
Continue reading "Fallen Twentynine Palms Marines remembered by loved ones" »
Family mourns for son killed in Fallujah attack
The Marines killed in Fallujah, Iraq, on Thursday were connected by their service together at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, though only one was originally from California
[submitters note: A little bit about each Marine hero that was killed]
The city plans to lower its flags to half-staff this month in honor of Andrew Patten.
Oregon native worked at restaurant, aspired to special operations force
Continue reading "Friends recall Surprise Marine killed in Fallujah" »
BYRON, Ill., Dec. 3 - Like Lance Cpl. Andrew G. Patten, most of the 10 marines who died on Thursday in the worst attack on American troops in months were young, young enough to have joined the military already knowing they might well be sent to Iraq.
Continue reading "Dead Marines Had Expected Iraq Deployment" »
Sgt. Andy A. Stevens, 29, of Tomah, was killed Thursday while conducting combat operations in the Al Anbar province, the Department of Defense said in a statement Saturday. The attack, which injured 11 others, was the deadliest against American troops in four months.
TWENTYNINE PALMS - Outside Realistic Tattoo on Adobe Road, the shop's glass door bears the Marines seal.
Inside, photos of the shop's work show tattoos that read "USMC" and "Home of the Free Because of the Brave."
Ten of this town's brave died Thursday in Iraq, killed by a familiar weapon in this war, a roadside explosive.
Continue reading "Ten Marines based locally killed in Iraq" »
ENCINITAS – Two Camp Pendleton Marines who tried to get out of a car after it hit a center wall on an Encinitas freeway Saturday were fatally struck by another vehicle allegedly driven by an intoxicated man, authorities said.
Continue reading "Two Pendleton Marines killed in I-5 crash" »
UNION CITY — Two Marines dressed in green knocked on the door of Shirley Watson's Union City apartment about 2 a.m. Friday.
A Marine corporal from Macon was killed in combat in Fallujah, Iraq, Wednesday, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.
Continue reading "Macon Marine killed in gun fight in Iraq" »
PORTLAND -- For the Huhn family, tragedy struck again Friday when they learned their youngest son, U.S. Marine David Huhn, 24, had been killed in Iraq.
Washington grad killed by roadside bomb in Iraq
The war in Iraq on Thursday claimed its second local casualty in less than two months, when a 27-year-old Pensacola native was killed by a roadside bomb.
PARKTON, Md. -- They were the best of friends - classmates and football teammates in high school, and roommates at Marine boot camp who went on to units at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Then they both went to Iraq, and died in combat six weeks apart. Cpl. Joshua D. Snyder, 20, died Wednesday of wounds from small-arms fire in Fallujah, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Lance Cpl. Norman Anderson III, 21, died in October after a suicide bomb exploded in Karabilah.
LITTLE FALLS — While Minnesota mourned the loss Friday of two of its Marines, friends and family in Little Falls felt the pain more personally. (Anthony McElveen)
The knock on the door came at 1 a.m. Friday.
Tim and Paula Holmason scrambled out of bed and asked who was there.
The United States Marines, a voice answered
Continue reading "Family reels at news of Scappoose Marine's death" »
1 from Cleveland dies in Fallujah blast; Houstonian is fatally injured in vehicle accident
Two Houston-area Marines — Lance Cpl. Robert Alexander Martinez and Staff Sgt. William D. Richardson — were killed this week in the war in Iraq.
Continue reading "Two area Marines killed in Iraq- Houston Area" »
By the time Lance Corporal Robert Martinez started his senior year at Cleveland High School, he'd already signed up to enlist in the Marines. When he graduated in June of 2003, the Iraq war was already underway.
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A Minnesota Marine was apparently among 10 Marines killed as a makeshift bomb fashioned from several large artillery shells exploded in the deadliest insurgent attack on American troops in Iraq in almost four months, the Marine Corps said today. (Scott Modeen)
The war in Iraq claimed its second local casualty in less than two months on Thursday when a 27-year-old Pensacola native was killed in a roadside bombing. (Daniel Clay)
(AP) MICHAEL J. FEENEY They were the best of friends through the stages of their young lives -- classmates and football teammates at Hereford High School, and Marines, where they were roommates at boot camp. (Cpl Joshua D. Snyder and LCpl Norman Anderson)
Continue reading "Second Marine From Hereford Killed In Iraq" »
FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A 21-year old Marine from Oregon was among 10 Marines killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were on a foot patrol near Fallujah, family and friends told KGW on Friday. (John Holmason)
Continue reading "Scappoose Marine killed in Iraq bomb blast" »
WASHINGTON -- A Marine from Texas has died in a vehicle accident in Iraq. (Staff Sergeant William D. Richardson)
A Splendora family had their Christmas wish turn into a nightmare Friday. (Robert Alexander Martinez)
Continue reading "Splendora family's 'diamond in the rough' lost" »
UNION CITY, Mich. - A U.S. Marine and former athlete at Union City High School has been killed in Iraq, school officials said Friday.
Continue reading "Marine from southern Michigan dies in Iraq" »
ALBANY (AP) — A U.S. Marine who was fatally shot in the head while on patrol in Iraq was remembered in this working-class community for his blazing fastball, his sense of humor and his devotion to family.
HAMPSTEAD, Md. -- A Marine from Camp Lejeune, N.C., was killed in combat in Iraq, the second military casualty within six weeks from his tightly knit rural community.
Continue reading "Rural Md. town grieves over second Marine killed in six weeks" »
One fallen Marine's commitment to honor and serve will live on at Pensacola Junior College.
Continue reading "PJC scholarship to help keep fallen Marine's spirit alive" »
Cpl. Jeff Starr of Snohomish was killed at age 22 in Iraq on his third tour of duty.
At the close of his speech Wednesday, President Bush sought to rally support for the Iraq war by quoting a letter written by Cpl. Jeff Starr, a Snohomish Marine who died at age 22 on his third tour of duty.
Marybeth LeVan is a little embarrassed about the recent report she filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. After all, she's not sure anybody really cares that two trees were stolen from the entryway garden of her Highland Road subdivision.
Continue reading "Thieves stole something more than just trees" »
CAMP PENDLETON – A Marine Corps captain who led his company through nearly a month of daily combat with Iraq insurgents before being killed has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
HADITHA, Iraq (Nov. 29, 2005) -- Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment pay respects to and remember the life of one of their fallen comrades during a memorial service here Nov. 29.
Continue reading "El Paso native remembered by fellow Marines" »
November 28, 2005 — A line of combat veterans ringed the front yard of Aurora Ramirez Sunday afternoon. Each stood to salute what they admired most, first the U.S. flag, then Ramirez herself.
Continue reading "Memorial service honors fallen Marine’s Brownsville family" »
A 22-year-old Marine was killed early Saturday morning in a single-vehicle crash on Proffitt Springs Road.
ADAIR, Iowa Adair police says a U-S Marine soldier died in a bar fight after he fell and hit his head on a concrete floor.
Continue reading "Marine dies after hitting head on floor in Adair bar fight" »
APACHE, Okla. -- More than 350 family members and friends said their final goodbyes to a Marine corporal who was the sunshine of his mother's life and a source of pride for his father.
Continue reading "Hundreds attend funeral of fallen Marine corporal" »
HAVERHILL — "Nicky, I love you and goodbye."
Vanessa Schiavoni and more than 200 others said a final farewell yesterday to her brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Nickolas Schiavoni, who was laid to rest in his hometown
Services for Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John A. Lucente are scheduled for 11 a.m. today at Forest Lawn Cemetery on the grounds of Hooper and Weaver Mortuary in Nevada City.
A Nevada County marine who was killed in Iraq a week and a half ago was laid to rest today.
Continue reading "Nevada County Family Buries Fallen Marine" »
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ An Oklahoma Marine had matured from a boy into a young man before he died in Iraq, his cousin said.
Continue reading "Oklahoma Marine Buried, Funeral For Another Oklahoman Scheduled" »
JACKSONVILLE - The Onslow County Sheriff's Department is still looking for information to help solve a double homicide that took place in a Hunters Creek subdivision in September.
Continue reading " Reward offered to help find killer of Marine, brother" »
Jeff Rogers knew what was at stake when he joined the Marines after high school.
They shed tears together. They hugged. Then, President George Bush kissed the head of a father, as he grieved over his slain Marine son.
Continue reading "Bush grieves with family of slain Marine" »
Funeral Services for Cpl Jeffry A. Rogers. The services are held at 2:00 at Newchurch on Rockwell in Oklahoma City according to this newscast.
Continue reading "Funeral Services for Cpl Jeffry A. Rogers" »
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. -- A northeastern Indiana Marine killed in Iraq transformed himself from the "worst swimmer" on the team to a fine athlete over four years, his coach said.
Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, a Mountain View High School graduate who had been recognized for bravery under fire before he was killed Friday in Iraq, was remembered as a family- oriented man who always had a smile on his face.
Continue reading "Slain Marine enlisted to protect his family, country" »
ALBANY (AP) — A 21-year-old Marine from Oregon was killed in Iraq Saturday, his family confirmed.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.(Nov. 22, 2005) -- Family and friends remembered their loved ones Monday in a memorial ceremony held at the Marine Memorial Chapel here.
Continue reading "Pendleton Cobra pilots remembered during memorial service" »
AL QAIM, Iraq (Nov. 20, 2005) -- “Gunshot 66 we will never forget,” is the meaning behind the GT66 WWNF patch the Gunfighters of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 are wearing in Al Qaim, Iraq.
CAMP PENDLETON ---- Nearly one week after burying him at Arlington National Cemetery and minutes after a memorial service at Camp Pendleton on Monday, Sybil Martino said she is convinced her fallen son, Capt. Michael D. Martino, gave his life in war in a quest for peace.
Continue reading "Hundreds attend memorial for Cobra pilots who died in Iraq" »
November 21, 2005 -- A Lower Valley family is mourning the death of a local Marine, Miguel Terrazas.
(North Manchester - WANE) Lance Corporal Scott Zubowski was buried today with full military honors, at the Oaklawn Cemetery in North Manchester. The 20 year old marine was married last year between tours of duty in Iraq, and set to celebrate his first wedding anniversary in December.
Lance Corporal Tyler Troyer died after being attacked by insurgents while on patrol near Fallujah Saturday leaving family and close friends heartbroken.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces acting on a tip about an Al-Qaida cell stormed a house in a middle-class neighborhood of Mosul and, after a six-hour clash, all eight people inside were dead -- including three who killed themselves with vest bombs, a police general said Sunday. Four Iraqi police also died.
One of our own...
AL ASAD, Iraq (Nov. 20, 2005) -- The civilian and Marine staff of Al Asad’s Wings of Freedom Dining Facility recently joined forces to remind their customers of the sacrifices made by military members and those who are gone but never forgotten.
Continue reading "Missing man table puts spotlight on fallen warriors" »
YUKON - Like many young men, Jeff Rogers was moved to join the military by the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
“He said he wanted to give something back,” mother Janet Rogers said.
Continue reading " 9/11 spurred enlistment of troop killed in Iraq" »
Donald Ryan McGlothlin of Lebanon, Va., was graduating with a master's in chemistry from Stanford University in California, headed for a PhD, when he decided two years ago to make a sharp turn and travel a less certain road in life.
Continue reading "Marine From Va. Killed in Iraq Firefight" »
CAMP PENDLETON ---- Donald Ryan McGlothlin graduated first in his class, won a full-ride fellowship to a Stanford doctorate program, and was on his way to a career in chemistry when he decided to leave it all behind to pursue a boyhood dream of becoming a Marine.
Continue reading "Five Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Iraq" »
Ohio State will wear a decal on their helmets for former Buckeye wrestler, Marine Corps Major Ray Mendoza
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SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Sharon Westbrook still has days where she is haunted by the death of her son.
Just before he was killed in the Vietnam War, Glen Luse's brother Ken, an Army warrant officer, mailed two rolls of film home to his family.
IRVINE, Calif. - Capt. Michael Martino, a Marine Corps pilot who grew up in California, was killed last week in western Iraq when his helicopter went down.
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Before he shipped out, Anderson left specific instructions for his funeral arrangements if he didn't make it home. He wanted to be cremated, and he wanted to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
CHICAGO - John Giannopoulos knew Thursday was going to be tough. It was the day before Veterans Day - the day he knew the nation would remember those men and women who gave their lives for their country and the day he would mark the one-year anniversary of his own son's death in Iraq.
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A tearful Kevin Tamburello, of Westminster, talks about his 19-year-old son, Marine Pfc. Jeremy Tamburello, who was killed in Iraq on Monday. "He went to serve and protect Americans, and he died because of that," Tamburello said.
WESTMINSTER - Kevin Tamburello unbuttoned his red flannel shirt Tuesday to reveal a torn, well-worn T-shirt his son Jeremy gave him last summer.
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WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- A 19-year-old U.S. Marine from Westminster is the latest Coloradan to die in Iraq.
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Ryan J. Sorensen died Sunday fighting insurgents. He always wanted to serve, his father says.
Boca Raton -- Lance Cpl. Ryan Sorensen, 26, was a Marine for less than a year, but the significance and purpose of his mission dawned on him long ago.
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They are the troops that nobody wants to see, carrying a message that no military family ever wants to hear.
It begins with a knock at the door.
For the past year, the Rocky Mountain News has followed Maj. Steve Beck as he takes on the most difficult duty of his career: casualty notification. As Beck and his comrades at Buckley Air Force Base keep constant watch over the caskets of the men they never knew, the Marines also comfort the families of the fallen, and choke back tears of their own.
It's all part of a tradition that started in 1775: Never leave a Marine behind.
After the knock on the door, the story has only begun.
Mom I'm not afraid to die for something that is right.
MILLVILLE -- Both Tom Walkup Sr. and Harry Swain III know what it is like to lose a child unexpectedly.
The national Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation is expected to present two $10,000 bonds on Friday to Jessica Marie Byrd, wife of the late Lance Cpl. John T. Tommy Byrd II. Byrd, 23, of Fairview was one of eight Marines killed in a car bomb attack on a truck convoy near Fallujah on Oct. 30, 2004.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing was the first American from this area killed in the Iraq War. He was 20.
Since his death in March 2003, another 2,000 servicemen and women have been killed in the Middle East conflict. We passed that morbid milestone 10 days ago. (1/2)
Beth Dunkle knew short-lived joy when her Marine boyfriend said he was likely to come home early from his third tour in Iraq.
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Post-Battle Tattooing Ritual 'as Old as War Itself' (1/8)
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OXNARD, Calif. - Just before shipping off to Iraq for the second time, Allan Espiritu spent the summer teaching his young daughters to ride their bicycles.
A helicopter crash in Iraq,claims the life of a Marine with roots in mid-Michigan. Major Gerald Bloomfield died on Tuesday while serving in Iraq. The Marine is a Fowlerville High School graduate who died after a crash in his Cobra helicopter.
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Nov. 3, 2005) -- The sun was setting in the distance and the glistening water flowing was the only thing they could hear as the Marines of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division stood in silence to pay their respects to their fallen brothers during a ceremony here.
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The Kahuku graduate was among the elite troops, his father says
A 27-year-old Marine from Pupukea on O'ahu's North Shore was killed while on combat duty in Iraq Tuesday. The Pentagon says Sgt. Daniel A. Tsue was killed by an improvised explosive device near the city of Ar Ramadi.
Staff Sgt. Joel Dameron, of Ellabell, dismantled bombs in Iraq and was a father at home
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As a longtime Washington Redskins fan, Marine Capt. Michael D. Martino admired former cornerback Darrell Green, a player who lacked size but had the tenacity to always make the play.
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- A 38-year-old Michigan man was one of two Marines killed when their helicopter crashed near Ramadi, Iraq, Department of Defense officials said Thursday.
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CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Nov. 3, 2005) -- He had many good qualities that he shared with his fellow Marines, one of the most important was he always made time for the ones he loved.
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Joel Preston Dameron was a stoic "Marine's Marine" on duty and a prankster around friends and family, his widow, Logyn Butler Dameron, said Wednesday from the family home in South Georgia. (8th ESB)
CAMP RIPPER, Iraq (Nov. 3, 2005) -- After a long day’s work here, Marines need a way to relieve stress and relax from the rigors of being in a combat zone. Nothing serves better than a good workout. (RCT-2 / 3/25 K & L Co)
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RCT-8 Marine recalls Beirut
He first fought terrorists in a foggy dreamworld. As Phillip Frank lay asleep, surrounded by fellow Marines at boot camp in San Diego, the same dream would return again and again.
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Sergeant, 25, had returned to Iraq for 2nd tour of duty
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MOLINO, Fla. - A stiff autumn breeze whipped the Marine Corps and American flags that were lowered to half-staff outside the rural home of Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ross Spears' parents.
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The corpsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Thompson, was buried with military honors yesterday.
Marine Sgt. Michael Paul Hodshire, 25, of North Adams always dreamed of joining the Marine Corps.
He `made me promise to have him buried in Arlington,' mother says
At Hauppauge home of his mom, Pentagon tells her that her son and a fellow Marine died in an explosion
For many, finding the strength to go inside the church was a challenge in itself. Szwydek’s parents, Nancy and Mike, greeted visitors as they entered the church. They were embraced by mourners with endless streams of tears pouring from their eyes, wishing both parents did not have to endure pain like this.
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1 year after death, loved ones recall patriotism (1/3 fallen hero- Oct 30, 2004)
The “Tribute to the Fallen” run began Oct. 28 and will continue 24 hours a day until Nov. 10, the Marine Corps' birthday.
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CLEVELAND - An Ohio Marine in his third tour of duty in Iraq died Thursday from injuries sustained in an explosion, the military said Friday.
DEDHAM -- Military investigators are still trying to determine what caused the sudden death of a Dedham Marine whose body was found earlier this week at a North Carolina military base.
Family and friends will say their final farewells to William D. Guiod during a burial ceremony Monday morning, 25 years to the day after his parents adopted him and welcomed him into their lives. (2/8)
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Former Rock Hillian Kenneth Butler traded his childhood aspiration of being a cowboy to become a U.S. Marine. He was killed Friday in Iraq at age 19.
Lance Cpl. Steven W. Szwydek knew from the time he was 6 years old that he wanted to be a soldier. Being a soldier became his mission in life. Last Thursday, the Warfordsburg kid who wanted nothing more than to be a soldier lost his life when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated while he was driving a Humvee on Marine combat operations in Iraq. He was 20 years old.
A Marine Corps officer who lived locally and a North Carolina sailor attached to a Camp Lejeune-based Marine unit were killed last week in Iraq, the Defense Department said Wednesday.
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A Fair Oaks couple is working hard to keep the legacy of their fallen son, Lance Cpl. Nicholas C. Kirven, alive. (3/3)
Parkton Marine Lance Cpl. Norm Anderson lived and died a leader
Fellow Marines fondly remember comrade who no longer answers the call
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The following was written by Ben Cockerham, father of fallen Marine Benny Gray Cockerham III. Gray died Friday in Iraq...
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"It's a pain that I know will never go away. It will be there every morning that I wake up and every night when I go to sleep. I feel like Larry is standing at my bed every morning and he tucks me in every night," says Leesa.
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Pasadena resident Kristy Ruscher remembers that vivid day when she received a phone call, while at choir practice, that longtime family friend Lance Cpl. Phillip George was killed while serving in Afghanistan.
Mariemont Grad Leaves Behind Wife, Three Kids
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A flag stolen from Diane Chandler's home found a new home at the grave site of Michael D. Anderson Jr.
A Marine corporal killed Friday in Iraq was remembered as a good friend who loved soccer, movies, and his family.
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PENSACOLA, Florida -- A Pensacola area Marine who lost weight to enlist is the first service member from the area to die in Iraq. (3/7)
His mates found him near the top of a pile of rubble, covering two of his charges, their lives saved because in an instant the hulking sarge shoved them hard to the side, just far enough away that he, not they, took the brunt of the bomb blast.
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LOWVILLE, N.Y. – Corporal Seamus M. Davey, 25, of the Marine Forces Reserve’s 4th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Reno, Nevada, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died on Friday October 21, 2005 in vicinity of Haqlaniyah, Iraq.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - (October 23, 2005) -- “Oct. 23, 1983. For Onslow County, it was a day that will live in infamy,” said Maj. Gen. Robert C. Dickerson, the commanding general for Marine Corps Installations East.
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Friends and family say Marine fulfilled his lifelong dream of joining Corps
Military Members, Families Feel Connected To Family Of Marine Who Died In Iraq
Marines are killed when armored vehicle is hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. A Wilkes County native, who was a Navy corpsman assigned to the Marines, was killed in Iraq on Friday in a roadside bomb attack. (2/2)
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Cpl. Davey died Friday morning from an explosion in Iraq, according to his family.
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"Most of you cannot fathom doing some of the things my boys and I have done, and that's OK; you don't have to," he said, according to a written version of the speech. "Most of what you see on CNN are all the bad events that are going on. What you don't see are the Marines passing out toys to children, giving tools to farmers and supplies to schools, not to mention the countless hours spent socializing and learning about each other's cultures."
CARY -- Just before Marine Sgt. Mark P. Adams left for Iraq, he hugged his dad so hard that Phillip Adams thought his ribs were going to break.
CAMP BAHARIA, Iraq (Oct. 22, 2005) -- “On 15 October at 4:11 in the afternoon, I received the toughest news I have had to deal with as a company commander. A Weapons Company Marine, one of my Marines, had been killed.
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ANDERSON TWP. - Rick Pummill was a U.S. Marine recruiter when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred.
GREENSBORO -- Tears turned to smiles Friday as friends remembered Andrew David Russoli's "explosive laugh" and his efforts to keep girls out of his childhood "boys only" backyard clubhouse.
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A Tri-State Marine was killed when a bomb hit his Humvee in Iraq Thursday, News 5 reported.
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A Tri-state Marine is dead, killed in a roadside bombing while serving his country in Iraq.
Staff Sergeant Richard Pummill, 27, was from Cherry Grove. He graduated from Anderson High School in 1996 and immediately joined the Marines as a career.
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A 21-year-old Marine from Parkton, who married his high school sweetheart in August, was killed by a suicide car bomber in Iraq on Wednesday, the Department of Defense said yesterday.
BALTIMORE - In August, Marine Lance Cpl. Norman W. Anderson III married his high school sweetheart Tori, and they spent their honeymoon in a hotel at the Inner Harbor.
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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Oct. 20, 2005) -- Frank Torres and Howard Mason are among the few Marines who survived fighting at the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War in the early 1950s.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Poston, 20, a former Valley resident who died Monday in Iraq, was remembered Wednesday as a loving young man who touched many lives.
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CAMP PENDLETON ---- Marine mom Jamey Harrah said that thinking of how her son came into the world helps her cope with how he left it.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. (Oct. 20, 2005) -- On Aug. 16, 1983, 18-year-old Kenneth E. Hunt Jr. stepped onto the yellow footprints at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif. From that day forward, he dedicated his life, and eventually sacrificed it, in the service of his country and fellow Marines.
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ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - Lance Corporal Chad Robert Hildebrandt wanted more than anything to become a Marine.
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GROTTOES — It was the only thing he wanted for his 17th birthday, Janey Harrah said, so she fought back the tears and signed her oldest son over to serve in the Marines.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- Before there were tears, there was plenty of laughter in 24-year-old Marine Sgt. Mark Adams' family.
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AL ASAD, Iraq (Oct. 16, 2005) -- Every day of work for the Moonlighters of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 332 brings a reminder of the ultimate sacrifice paid by Marines, Soldiers and Sailors in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
A U.S. Marine from Tucson has died of wounds he sustained in Iraq three months ago.
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SAN ANTONIO A 40-year-old Arizona Marine has died at a San Antonio military hospital of wounds suffered in a July 24th mine explosion in Iraq.
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BELOIT, Ohio -- At West Branch High School in the rolling farm country here, the sports teams are called Warriors. The name took on new meaning in 2003, when 10 of the 100 boys in the senior class joined the Marine Corps after graduation.
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PASADENA, Calif. - Marine Lance Cpl. Sergio Escobar had a rough time in high school, running with a tough crowd and dropping out before finishing at a continuation school.
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC (Oct. 11, 2005) -- During a solemn ceremony at the Camp Lejeune Protestant Chapel today, Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) gathered to remember a fallen comrade.
Family, friends say goodbye to fallen Marine
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Dave Devaney knelt before Crystal Merillat and offered her the flag that had draped her son's coffin. Merillat put her arms around the Marine, held him, and cried. Her own Marine, a 22-year-old sniper named Cpl. John Stalvey, died when a roadside bomb exploded near his humvee a week ago in Iraq.
Carl Raines II wrote his father a letter about a month ago while stationed in Iraq with the U.S. Marines. To his father, it sounded like goodbye.
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FRANKLIN -- A fearless dirt-biker and tough freshman wrestler who kept his mother on her toes, Shayne Cabino joined the Marines after high school hoping to leave a positive mark on the world, family members said yesterday.
Services have been set for Andrew D. Bedard, the Missoula Marine killed in combat in Iraq on Oct. 3. A vigil service will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 217 Tremont. A funeral Mass and presentation of the Purple Heart will be Friday at 10 a.m., also at St. Anthony's
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DOTHAN -- A Marine from south Alabama was one of six Marines who died in explosions in Iraq this week.
Cpl. Nick Cherava's mother bought him an American flag for Christmas when he was 8. When he discovered his mom didn't get the largest size, she exchanged it and helped her son hang it from his bedroom ceiling.
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The black ribbons at 402 Dixie Drive tell the story of an unimaginable loss for an Enterprise dad.
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-- An Alliance man was among six U.S. Marines killed Thursday during combat in Iraq
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Gary and Connie Frye of Landisburg sent both of their sons to Iraq, both with the Marines.
A 20-year-old Marine from Alliance, Ohio, died Thursday in an explosion near Al Qaim, Iraq.
A 19-year-old Marine from Canton was killed in Iraq Thursday in a bombing attack that also left three other Marines dead, Pentagon officials said yesterday.
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ONTONAGON, Mich. - A Marine from Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been killed in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Saturday.
When Shayne M. Cabino enlisted in the Marines after graduating from Canton High School a year ago, his proud family started flying the red-and-gold Marine Corps flag from the front porch of their suburban home.
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Lance Cpl. Patrick Kenny looked and acted like he belonged on a Marine Corps recruiting poster. So able and enthusiastic was Cpl. Kenny that he inspired his younger sister, Katy, to follow his example and join the Marines.
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Sometimes he would call in the middle of the night, using the minute or so soldiers in Iraq are allotted to touch base with his friends.
CONROE - A 22-year-old Marine, who joined the military shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died when he drove a military vehicle over a roadside bomb during combat, his family said Tuesday.
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Oct. 4, 2005) -- It was June 23, 2005, when 20 Marines boarded a seven-ton truck and began their treacherous journey back to Camp Fallujah, Iraq. What happened a short distance down the road is something that has, and will, continue to change their lives forever. (2nd FSSG 2nd Supply Bn Ammo Co)
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SABINA, Ohio (AP) -- A man moved by the death of a young Marine in Iraq has painted a 30-foot-wide mural of the Marine on the side of a barn. (3/25)
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Lauren Eiler sits across the table outside Park Central on a late summer afternoon, fingering her specially made bracelet as she admits her biggest fear.
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NAPLES, ITALY NAPLES, Italy (AP) _ A U.S. Marine Corps plane with two men aboard crashed into the Mediterranean southeast of Crete on Friday while searching for a Navy aircraft that disappeared earlier this week, a Navy spokesman reported.
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