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Demarkus D Brown
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown
Age: 22
From: Martinsville, Va.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown was killed Nov. 19 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 19, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq was ‘outstanding young man’
By Tom Patterson
Martinsville Bulletin / Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Martinsville, Va.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown was killed Nov. 19 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 19, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq was ‘outstanding young man’
By Tom Patterson
Martinsville Bulletin / Associated Press
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown will be remembered as always having a smile on his face and proud of his service to his country.
And, of course, as “Chicken.”
Brown, 22, who was killed Nov. 19 while serving in Iraq’s Anbar province, earned his nickname as a two-sport athlete at the former Laurel Park High School, according to his wrestling coach, Curtis Gore.
“I gave him the nickname his first practice in the ninth grade,” Gore said. “Everything he did, he would just flop around like a chicken with his head cut off.”
Some people might have tried to shrug off the name, but Brown added...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Demarkus D. Brown was killed Nov. 19 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Demarkus D Brown
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.