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05-25-07, 07:37 AM
May 25, 2007 - 12:00AM
Fallen Marine remembered by hometown high school
WIRE REPORTA Camp Lejeune Marine who died in Iraq this week was remembered Thursday at his former high school's graduation ceremony.
Cpl. Julian M. Woodall, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Tuesday during combat operations in Anbar province. He was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Lejeune.
Rosanne Wood, the principal of SAIL High School in Tallahassee, said Woodall transformed from a shy teen to a standout in the nontraditional school.
"He found a home at SAIL," Wood said. "We recruited him to work in the (administrative) office. He started taking classes. He went from being a shy kid to having lots of self-confidence."
Woodall met his future wife, Melissa, at the school.
Wood said she kept in touch with Woodall's family and learned Monday that he had been sent on a second tour in Iraq.
"We got the news that he died in the middle of that night. For many of us, it's our first person we'd known well to die in Iraq. It hit us pretty hard," Wood said.
Woodall's mother, Meredith McMackin, said she last spoke with her son on Mother's Day. He had waited in line for an hour and a half to use the phone and stood in another line when that phone didn't work, she said.
"It was so wonderful hearing his voice," McMackin told the Tallahassee Democrat. "Julian was a very kind and considerate and good person
Ellie
Fallen Marine remembered by hometown high school
WIRE REPORTA Camp Lejeune Marine who died in Iraq this week was remembered Thursday at his former high school's graduation ceremony.
Cpl. Julian M. Woodall, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla., died Tuesday during combat operations in Anbar province. He was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Lejeune.
Rosanne Wood, the principal of SAIL High School in Tallahassee, said Woodall transformed from a shy teen to a standout in the nontraditional school.
"He found a home at SAIL," Wood said. "We recruited him to work in the (administrative) office. He started taking classes. He went from being a shy kid to having lots of self-confidence."
Woodall met his future wife, Melissa, at the school.
Wood said she kept in touch with Woodall's family and learned Monday that he had been sent on a second tour in Iraq.
"We got the news that he died in the middle of that night. For many of us, it's our first person we'd known well to die in Iraq. It hit us pretty hard," Wood said.
Woodall's mother, Meredith McMackin, said she last spoke with her son on Mother's Day. He had waited in line for an hour and a half to use the phone and stood in another line when that phone didn't work, she said.
"It was so wonderful hearing his voice," McMackin told the Tallahassee Democrat. "Julian was a very kind and considerate and good person
Ellie