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Lance M Thompson
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Name: Marine Cpl. Lance M. Thompson
Age: 21
From: Upland, Ind.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Lance M. Thompson was killed Nov. 15 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 15, 2004
Marine’s father calls Iraq’s election day ‘momentous’
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Upland, Ind.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Lance M. Thompson was killed Nov. 15 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 15, 2004
Marine’s father calls Iraq’s election day ‘momentous’
Associated Press
MARION, Ind. — The father of an Indiana Marine killed in Iraq said his son would be proud knowing he fought and died to help Iraqis vote in an election.
Cpl. Lance Thompson, 21, of Marion, died in November during fighting in Ramadi, one of 38 Indiana military personnel to have died after being sent to the Mideast for the war in Iraq.
His father, Greg Thompson, 52, of Marion said his son sent him a letter in September, two months before he was killed by a truck bomb, which said, “Freedom is not free. It requires sacrifice.”
Greg Thompson said the millions turning out to vote in Iraq Sunday was “fantastic” and said it was a “momentous day in the...
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2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Lance M. Thompson was killed Nov. 15 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Lance M Thompson
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.