Marine dies from wounds received in Afghanistan

Charlie Brown

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Mon Jan-30-06 06:04 PM
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Marine dies from wounds received in Afghanistan

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060130-12395.html

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Billy D. Brixey Jr., 21, of Ferriday, La., died Jan. 27 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds received as a result of an improvised explosive device while traveling in a convoy in Afghanistan on Jan. 25.

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Mon Jan-30-06 06:07 PM
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1. Note to the military

One does not "receive" wounds. One "sustains" them or has them "inflicted." Awards are received; wounds are not.

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