Marine killed in Iraq shot by insurgents in Fallujah

[MaineDem]

MONTPELIER, Vt. --A U.S. Marine from Springfield who died in Iraq was shot and killed by insurgents in Fallujah on his birthday.

Lance Cpl. Kurt Dechen, 24, was on a foot patrol in the insurgent-dominated city on Thursday when his unit came under fire and he was shot, said Gunnery Sgt. Pete Walz, a spokesman for 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. He was evacuated for medical treatment but died of his wounds, according to a statement from the Marines.

A spokesman for the family said it will be at least a week before a funeral is held.

Dechen was part of a reserve unit based in Plainville, Conn., that was sent to Fallujah for duty five months ago.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2006/08/06/marine_killed_in_iraq_shot_by_insurgents_in_fallujah/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News

So sad. RIP.

[Tin Man]

1. But I though Fallujah was pacified when the US blew it to pieces?

How can there still be insurgents? :sarcasm:

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Damit some of them must have escaped being burnt alive by

white phosphorous and now they must be pissed.

[MadMaddie]

4. Yes it was until they pulled troops out to go to another location

to quell the violence there, (not all of them) just enough to put the remaining soliders in danger....:banghead:

[0007]

3. Pile the bodies higher!

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


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