Marine Lance Cpl. Marcus Mahdee

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by tommy @ 3:19 am

20, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.

assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 9 due to wounds sustained in an enemy explosion while conducting combat operations in the vicinity of Karmah, Iraq.

Marcus Mahdee was a quiet, unassuming kid in high school who played wide receiver and defensive back on the football team… “He was a good kid,” said Mahdee’s grandmother, Essie Harris, who raised Mahdee with her husband, Linton. She said Marcus was active in the Church of Christ.

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One Response to “Marine Lance Cpl. Marcus Mahdee”

  1. Meredith Says:

    It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
    - Louis Pasteur

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