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Joseph T Welke
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke
Age: 20
From: Rapid City, S.D.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds sustained Nov. 19 in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 20, 2004
Rapid City native killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Rapid City, S.D.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds sustained Nov. 19 in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 20, 2004
Rapid City native killed in Iraq
Associated Press
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A Marine from Rapid City has died of injuries suffered while fighting in Fallujah, Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Joseph Welke, 20, of Rapid City, died Saturday at the Ramstein Air Force Base hospital in Germany.
Family members contacted Monday said they did not want to comment.
Welke graduated from Rapid City Stevens High School in 2003 and was a Greater Dakota All-Conference football player that year.
Joel Hybertson, head football coach for the Raiders, told the Rapid City Journal that Welke had always talked about becoming part of the military and joined the Marine Corps right after graduation.
“He was a hardworking kid and a very intense...
Occupation
3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph T. Welke died Nov. 20 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds sustained Nov. 19 in enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Joseph T Welke
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.