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Aaron C Pickering
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Pickering
Age: 20
From: Marion, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Pickering was killed Nov. 10 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 10, 2004
Illinois Marine killed in Fallujah
By Jan Dennis
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Marion, Ill.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Pickering was killed Nov. 10 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 10, 2004
Illinois Marine killed in Fallujah
By Jan Dennis
Associated Press
A knock on the door before dawn Thursday brought a grim Veterans Day wakeup to the small coal-mining town of Harrisburg, deep in southern Illinois.
Two uniformed Marines stood outside, waiting to inform Carl Pickering that his only son was dead. Aaron Pickering, a 20-year-old infantryman, had been killed hours earlier as American forces fought to capture the Iraqi city of Fallujah from Islamic insurgents, the family said.
Pickering was the fourth Marine from Illinois to die this week during the U.S. offensive. A fifth Illinois Marine was killed Thursday in Iraq’s Babil province. At least 18 U.S. troops have been killed so far in the Fallujah operation, and...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron C. Pickering was killed Nov. 10 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Aaron C Pickering
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.