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Marine Lance Cpl. Gael Saintvil

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by tommy @ 10:31 am

24, of Orlando, Fla.

assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii; killed Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter in which he was riding crashed near Rutbah, Iraq. Twenty-nine Marines and one sailor also were killed.

Gael wasn’t their first-born child, but he was the Saintvils’ first son. He was proud to be a Marine, and he wasn’t shy about wanting to be near the action.

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One Response to “Marine Lance Cpl. Gael Saintvil”

Meredith Says:
May 30th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Time does restore to us our quiet joy in the spiritual presence of those we love, so that we learn to remember without pain, and to speak without choking up with tears.

But all our lives we will be subject to sudden small reminders which will bring all the old loss back, overwhelmingly.

- Elisabeth Watson

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