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Christopher T Heflin
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Name: Marine Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin
Age: 26
From: Paducah, Ky.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin was killed Nov. 16 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 16, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq ‘wanted to be on the battlefield’
Associated Press
Age: 26
From: Paducah, Ky.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin was killed Nov. 16 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 16, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq ‘wanted to be on the battlefield’
Associated Press
WEST PADUCAH, Ky. — Sgt. Christopher Todd Heflin was a selfless patriot who eagerly fought in a dangerous war, said mourners at his funeral Tuesday.
One of Heflin’s first assignments during his short military career involved a desk job, said the Rev. Larry Davidson, who baptized Heflin when he was a young teenager.
“He said that was not what he wanted to be here for,” Davidson said. “He wanted to be on the battlefield.”
More than 200 people attended the funeral at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Later, Heflin was remembered at the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens cemetery with a 21-gun salute. Two Marines folded the flag that had draped his casket and handed...
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3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Sgt. Christopher T. Heflin was killed Nov. 16 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Christopher T Heflin
2008-11-15
To my son it has been 4 yrs since you were taken from me I will never forget you son but you will forever live in my heart I love you
Christopher T Heflin
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.