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03-03-09, 06:26 AM
TheIndyChannel.com
Family: Marine Killed In Iraq Wreck
Marine Had Been Scheduled To Come Home This Month
POSTED: 6:26 am EST March 3, 2009
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- The family of a 21-year-old Marine from central Indiana said they were informed that he was killed Saturday in a traffic accident in Iraq.
Cpl. Donte Jamal Whitworth joined the Marines after his 2005 graduation from Noblesville High School.
His mother, Carla Plowden, said Whitworth was scheduled to come home later this month. She was told that he died in a crash near Al Taquddum Air Base, about 50 miles west of Baghdad.
The Defense Department did not immediately confirm Whitworth's death.
Plowden said her son commanded supply convoys hauling goods between U.S. military bases in Iraq.
She said his body is expected to be returned to Noblesville on Friday and he will be buried in the Hamilton County community.
Ellie
Family: Marine Killed In Iraq Wreck
Marine Had Been Scheduled To Come Home This Month
POSTED: 6:26 am EST March 3, 2009
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- The family of a 21-year-old Marine from central Indiana said they were informed that he was killed Saturday in a traffic accident in Iraq.
Cpl. Donte Jamal Whitworth joined the Marines after his 2005 graduation from Noblesville High School.
His mother, Carla Plowden, said Whitworth was scheduled to come home later this month. She was told that he died in a crash near Al Taquddum Air Base, about 50 miles west of Baghdad.
The Defense Department did not immediately confirm Whitworth's death.
Plowden said her son commanded supply convoys hauling goods between U.S. military bases in Iraq.
She said his body is expected to be returned to Noblesville on Friday and he will be buried in the Hamilton County community.
Ellie