Christopher Degiovine
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Age: 25
From: Lone Tree, Colo.
Assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Christopher Degiovine died April 26 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: April 26, 2007
Former Essex Junction man dies in Iraq
By John Curran
The Associated Press
ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — A Marine Corps corporal who grew up in Vermont has been killed in Iraq, the Defense Department announced April 30.
Cpl. Christopher Degiovine, 25, was killed in combat April 26 in Anbar province when an improvised explosive device struck his amphibious vehicle.
“His passing is devastating for us all,” said Dave Johnson, 61, who lives next door to the Marine’s father and watched the young man grow up. “Polite, well-educated, patriotic, full of life — he was a wonderful young man.”
Degiovine, whose current home address was listed as Lone Tree, Colo., was attached to the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division.
He had been in Iraq for only two weeks.
A graduate of Essex High School, he majored in criminal justice at Champlain College, where he graduated in 2005. He aspired to a career in...