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02-08-06, 06:09 AM
Published on Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Marine's Johnston County mother says son killed in Iraq
RALEIGH, N.C.
The Associated Press
A Johnston County man was one of four Camp Lejeune Marines killed in two roadside bomb attacks in western Iraq, his mother said.
Lance Cpl. David Parr, 22, died after an explosive detonated under his Humvee in the city of Hit on Sunday, said Diana Pasquinelli.
Parr was one of three Marines killed when an unusually large improvised bomb exploded under their armored Humvee about 1:30 a.m. Monday and destroyed it, according to a Washington Post reporter embedded with the Marines in Hit. Two Marines died quickly, and another died later of his wounds, said the story in Tuesday's editions of the newspaper. Two more were injured.
A fourth Camp Lejeune Marine was killed in an attack in western Iraq on Sunday, the Defense Department said.
The Pentagon does not release the names of the dead until 24 hours after their relatives have been told. The names had not been released by early Wednesday.
Parr liked playing video games, but also loved watching the History Channel, especially featuring Marine Corps tradition, Pasquinelli said.
Parr attended high school in the Akron, Ohio, suburb of Barberton through his junior year, Pasquinelli said. He then moved to North Carolina with his family and graduated from South Johnston High School in 2001, she said.
After high school, he worked as a brick layer for a couple of years before joining the Marines.
"He just loved it and thought it was the best thing he'd ever done," Pasquinelli said. "If he were still here, he'd probably do it all over again. He was probably going to make it his career."
Until the bomb blast, Parr's company of about 110 Marines led by Capt. David Handy of New Bern hadn't lost a single member killed in action in its two months in violent Anbar province, the Post reported.
Parr's mother said at the time of the attack her son's company was three days away from flying out of Iraq to a safe assignment in Africa. He expected to be home in May, she said.
Parr had exchanged e-mail messages with several relatives over the weekend. His mother talked to him on the phone last week, and the conversation included him telling about the death of a 12-year-old boy he'd just seen.
"He asked for socks, so I sent him a dozen, she said. "I guess I should have put or to any Marine on the package."
Rest In Peace
Marine's Johnston County mother says son killed in Iraq
RALEIGH, N.C.
The Associated Press
A Johnston County man was one of four Camp Lejeune Marines killed in two roadside bomb attacks in western Iraq, his mother said.
Lance Cpl. David Parr, 22, died after an explosive detonated under his Humvee in the city of Hit on Sunday, said Diana Pasquinelli.
Parr was one of three Marines killed when an unusually large improvised bomb exploded under their armored Humvee about 1:30 a.m. Monday and destroyed it, according to a Washington Post reporter embedded with the Marines in Hit. Two Marines died quickly, and another died later of his wounds, said the story in Tuesday's editions of the newspaper. Two more were injured.
A fourth Camp Lejeune Marine was killed in an attack in western Iraq on Sunday, the Defense Department said.
The Pentagon does not release the names of the dead until 24 hours after their relatives have been told. The names had not been released by early Wednesday.
Parr liked playing video games, but also loved watching the History Channel, especially featuring Marine Corps tradition, Pasquinelli said.
Parr attended high school in the Akron, Ohio, suburb of Barberton through his junior year, Pasquinelli said. He then moved to North Carolina with his family and graduated from South Johnston High School in 2001, she said.
After high school, he worked as a brick layer for a couple of years before joining the Marines.
"He just loved it and thought it was the best thing he'd ever done," Pasquinelli said. "If he were still here, he'd probably do it all over again. He was probably going to make it his career."
Until the bomb blast, Parr's company of about 110 Marines led by Capt. David Handy of New Bern hadn't lost a single member killed in action in its two months in violent Anbar province, the Post reported.
Parr's mother said at the time of the attack her son's company was three days away from flying out of Iraq to a safe assignment in Africa. He expected to be home in May, she said.
Parr had exchanged e-mail messages with several relatives over the weekend. His mother talked to him on the phone last week, and the conversation included him telling about the death of a 12-year-old boy he'd just seen.
"He asked for socks, so I sent him a dozen, she said. "I guess I should have put or to any Marine on the package."
Rest In Peace