thedrifter
06-01-07, 05:51 AM
Article published May 31, 2007
Marines award family with son's purple heart
At the front to the American Legion Hall Post 13 there were tables that held three folded U.S. flags, a purple heart, an achievement medal with a combat distinguishing device in the shape of a “V’ for valor, a Dell computer showing pictures of a young soldier, a scrapbook with a United States Marines seal and a picture of Marine Julian Woodall.
Woodall died in Iraq last month. He was 21.
More than a 100 people gathered their to watch Woodall’s wife Melissa, his mother Meredith McMackin and his father Jerry Woodall receive the awards Woodall earned in combat.
“The purple heart is for any serviceman who is willing to put his life in harms way,” Marine Capt. Raymond Spaulding said.
The achievement medal was for “doing a good job under combative conditions,” said Lt. Crpl. Chris McCarthy.
Friends and loved ones lined up to share kind words with the family. Teary-eyed attendants kneeled before McMackin and the Woodalls.
“He had intelligence and common sense,” said Michael Moore, the father of one of Woodall’s friends. “You don’t find that in teenagers.”
Ellie
Marines award family with son's purple heart
At the front to the American Legion Hall Post 13 there were tables that held three folded U.S. flags, a purple heart, an achievement medal with a combat distinguishing device in the shape of a “V’ for valor, a Dell computer showing pictures of a young soldier, a scrapbook with a United States Marines seal and a picture of Marine Julian Woodall.
Woodall died in Iraq last month. He was 21.
More than a 100 people gathered their to watch Woodall’s wife Melissa, his mother Meredith McMackin and his father Jerry Woodall receive the awards Woodall earned in combat.
“The purple heart is for any serviceman who is willing to put his life in harms way,” Marine Capt. Raymond Spaulding said.
The achievement medal was for “doing a good job under combative conditions,” said Lt. Crpl. Chris McCarthy.
Friends and loved ones lined up to share kind words with the family. Teary-eyed attendants kneeled before McMackin and the Woodalls.
“He had intelligence and common sense,” said Michael Moore, the father of one of Woodall’s friends. “You don’t find that in teenagers.”
Ellie