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Scott R McHugh
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Name: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh
Age: 33
From: Boca Raton Fla.
Assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.
Incident: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh was killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: May 02, 2004
South Florida sailor dies before package arrives
By Mark Long
Associated Press
Age: 33
From: Boca Raton Fla.
Assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.
Incident: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh was killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: May 02, 2004
South Florida sailor dies before package arrives
By Mark Long
Associated Press
Joyce McHugh carefully packed the box with her son’s favorite peanuts and candy treats. Like any good mother, she threw in some suntan lotion.
She thought the care package would get to Iraq before Scott McHugh’s 33rd birthday.
It didn’t.
McHugh died three days after his birthday, just hours after talking to his mother for the last time, and before his present arrived.
“It’s a horrifying thing,” his 66-year-old mother said. “I’m in disbelief, I’m in denial and I think it’s only going to get worse.”
McHugh, a petty officer second class, was one of five Navy Seabees killed May 2 in a mortar attack.
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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, Jacksonville, Fla.
Incident
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh was killed May 2 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Scott R McHugh
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.