LCpl Aaron Boyles USMC

[jinelson]

Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Boyles had hoped to be at his wife's bedside when she delivers their infant son next month. On Wednesday, the 24-year-old Bay Area Marine phoned his wife, Prabha, with bad news. His leave had been canceled because he had to stay in Iraq to fulfill "a special mission that needed to be completed," his wife recalled him saying. It would be the last time they spoke. Boyles died Friday in Iraq's Anbar province as a result of enemy action, military officials said. Boyles, a graduate of Newark Memorial High School who loved football and country music, was thrilled his wife was pregnant, Prabha Boyles said. The couple had agreed to name their son Brendon, and he is due Oct. 17, she said. "I can't believe I have to go through this without him now," she said, sobbing. Aaron Boyles has another son, 5-year-old Derrick Boyles, from a previous relationship. He lives in Oregon with his mother. Aaron Boyles spent most of his childhood living with his grandparents in Hood River, Ore., his wife said, but moved to Newark to live with his mother when he was a senior in high school. He worked at a Wal-Mart in Union City for a time after graduation, where he met his future wife. But his dream was to follow the path of both his grandfathers and join the military, she said. He enlisted in the Marines and set off for boot camp in November 2002. The couple married in Reno on July 4, 2003, and later moved to Twentynine Palms, where he was based. Prabha Boyles, 25, said the couple lived together just two months before he was deployed to Iraq. His job there was to transport Marines to their destinations, she said, and "he loved his job." "When he called me, he said he wasn't scared," she said. Boyles had recently received the Purple Heart, but he never told his wife why. "He told me there was an explosion, but he said he would wait to tell me the details until he got home," she said. "He's very protective of me. He knows I cry a lot, and he didn't want me to cry anymore."

[jinelson]

Go easy son I will catch up with you and LCpl Travis Layfield directly. Thank you for your last full measure of devotion to our country.

Godspeed and Semper Fi

Jim

[thedrifter]

Rest In Peace


Ellie

[HardJedi]

Semper Fi, Brother.

[snipowsky]

Rest in peace brother! God bless you!

[MillRatUSMC]

Rest in Peace and we weep on our brother's passing...

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo

[Devildogg4ever]

Rest in Peace, my brother!

Until we all meet at the gates, Semper fi!!

[airframesguru]

Semper Fi bro!

[hrscowboy]

My you rest in peace my brother... semper fi

[seandayley]

You gave all when others wouldn't bother.
Keep Heaven's streets clean for us, until we join you.


Semper Fi

[hector verduzco]

My heart and prayers goes to the family. I'm sorry for what happen. Myself as a parent when I read the story made me cry!.
Brother rest in peace. ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE, you made eveyone proud.