
MOBILE, Ala. — Marine Sgt. Foster L. Harrington was more worried about his girlfriend and others in Mobile threatened by Hurricane Ivan last week than the dangers of Iraq, where he was sent about six weeks ago.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Sept. 23 that Harrington, 31, died Sept. 20 in Anbar province, where he was fatally shot in combat.
“He helped anybody and everybody he could,” said his girlfriend, Fran Poston.
Harrington, of Fort Worth, Texas, was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division in Mobile.
While stationed in Mobile, he had for the last 18 months served as an...