Boise marine killed in Afghanistan
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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By LESLIE WILLIAMS (lwilliams@pjstar.com)
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Knoxville-based Marine has died after being wounded in Afghanistan.
Reporter: Nick Bona
Email Address: nick.bona@wvlt-tv.com
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.
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Aug. 12, 2010, 8:58AM
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department says two more Texans in the military have died in Afghanistan.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Continue reading "‘Thundering Third’ bids farewell to fallen brothers" »
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.
Continue reading "Twentynine Palms Marine dies in Helmand" »
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.
Continue reading "Family Members of "Thundering Third" Show Courage, Grace" »
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.
Continue reading "Grandmother says Marine killed in Afghanistan had wanted to go" »
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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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