thedrifter
09-11-07, 05:30 AM
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Four Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Iraq
Men died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province.
The Associated Press
CAMP PENDLETON – Four Camp Pendleton Marines died in combat in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Monday.
Sgt. Michael J. Yarbrough, 24, of Malvern, Ark.; Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick, 22, of Wayne, Okla.; Cpl. Christopher L. Poole Jr., 22, of Mount Dora, Fla.; and Staff Sgt. John C. Stock, 26, of Longview, Texas, died Sept. 6 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province.
Marine officials didn't provide further detail of how the men died.
Yarbrough's mother, Rhonda Kidder, said her son was killed by a roadside bomb while on his third tour of duty.
"He told me, the last time before he left, Mom, as long as my men are there, I'm going to be there with them," Kidder told Little Rock, Ark., television station KATV.
The four Marines were all assigned to the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton.
Kidder told the station her son earlier volunteered to return to Iraq in place of a friend whose wife was expecting a baby.
"Michael didn't want to see him go, so he took his place," she said.
Ellie
Four Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Iraq
Men died while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province.
The Associated Press
CAMP PENDLETON – Four Camp Pendleton Marines died in combat in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Monday.
Sgt. Michael J. Yarbrough, 24, of Malvern, Ark.; Cpl. Bryan J. Scripsick, 22, of Wayne, Okla.; Cpl. Christopher L. Poole Jr., 22, of Mount Dora, Fla.; and Staff Sgt. John C. Stock, 26, of Longview, Texas, died Sept. 6 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province.
Marine officials didn't provide further detail of how the men died.
Yarbrough's mother, Rhonda Kidder, said her son was killed by a roadside bomb while on his third tour of duty.
"He told me, the last time before he left, Mom, as long as my men are there, I'm going to be there with them," Kidder told Little Rock, Ark., television station KATV.
The four Marines were all assigned to the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton.
Kidder told the station her son earlier volunteered to return to Iraq in place of a friend whose wife was expecting a baby.
"Michael didn't want to see him go, so he took his place," she said.
Ellie