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Nicholas R Walsh
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Name: Marine Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh
Age: 27
From: Millstadt, Ill.
Assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh died May 26 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Anbar province.
Died: May 26, 2007
Graduate of Birmingham high school remembered as ‘proud Marine’
The Associated Press
Age: 27
From: Millstadt, Ill.
Assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh died May 26 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Anbar province.
Died: May 26, 2007
Graduate of Birmingham high school remembered as ‘proud Marine’
The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Marine who enlisted right after his graduation from John Carroll Catholic High School in 1998 was remembered for his desire to make a difference in Iraq, where he was on his second tour of duty when killed by a sniper.
Marine Sgt. Nicholas Walsh, 26, was shot May 26 in Fallujah while out on a patrol.
“He wanted to be there. He felt like he was doing something good,” said his mother, Maggie Hall Walsh. “He used to tell me that nobody talks of the good things going on there, but he saw it in the faces of the people — in their waves and their smiles.”
“He was prepared, he was ready to go, he knew the stakes,” she said....
Occupation
the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.;
Incident
Marine Sgt. Nicholas R. Walsh died May 26 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Nicholas R Walsh
2007-06-12
Thank you for your service.