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08-31-09, 07:39 AM
Obama visits with family of fallen Marine
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Aug 31, 2009 7:00:29 EDT

SANDWICH, Mass. — A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama has visited with the family of a Marine Corps corporal from Yarmouth who died last month of combat wounds in Afghanistan.

Obama met briefly Sunday with relatives of Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos at Cape Cod Air Station before he returned to Washington as his vacation ended.

Xiarhos died July 23 while serving with the Marine Expeditionary Brigade. He was a squad automatic weapon gunner and leader with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Weapons Company, Camp Lejeune, N.C. He had also served in Iraq.

Xiarhos, who was 21, is the son of Yarmouth police Lt. Steven Xiarhos and his wife, Lisa. He joined the Marines after graduating in 2006 from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.

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