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Brandon C Sturdy
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Name: Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy
Age: 19
From: Urbandale, Iowa
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy was killed May 13 by hostile fire near Fallujah in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: May 13, 2004
Friends, family remember fallen Iowa Marine
Associated Press
Age: 19
From: Urbandale, Iowa
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy was killed May 13 by hostile fire near Fallujah in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: May 13, 2004
Friends, family remember fallen Iowa Marine
Associated Press
URBANDALE, Iowa — Friends and family on Saturday remembered a 19-year-old Marine killed last week in Iraq as having a great sense of humor.
A year before Marine Pfc. Brandon Sturdy of Urbandale died in Iraq, he was writing from boot camp apprehensive letters home to his stepbrother Bob Rivera II.
In the beginning, the 19-year-old Urbandale High School graduate wasn’t sure about the military. In the end, he handed them everything.
“At first, he thought the Corps wasn’t for him,” said Rivera, addressing about 400 friends and family who gathered for his stepbrother’s funeral. “But eventually, he earned the nickname ’See fish swim’ for his outstanding swimming...
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2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Corps Pfc. Brandon C. Sturdy was killed May 13 by hostile fire near Fallujah in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Brandon C Sturdy
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.