Nathan R. Wood
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Age: 19
From: Kirkland, Wash.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan R. Wood was killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 09, 2004
Washington Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Another family in Washington state is mourning the loss of a loved one in the war in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Nathan Raymond Wood, 19, a member of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., was killed Tuesday while participating in the assault on Fallujah.
His parents, Rex and DeEtte Wood of Kirkland, were notified shortly after hearing that their son’s best friend had been wounded in the same military action.
“We’ve heard through our network of friends with other kids over there that it’s the worst, a slaughterhouse. It’s pretty fierce,” said Bill Olson of Bothell, an uncle of the dead Marine.
“Anybody who has kids over there now, our prayers are with them,” Olson said. “We’re very proud of the soldiers and Marines and the sacrifices they are making, but we can’t really say we support the...