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Eric Hillenburg
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Hillenburg
Age: 21
From: Marion, Ind.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Hillenburg was killed Dec. 23 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: December 23, 2004
Marine from central Indiana killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Marion, Ind.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Hillenburg was killed Dec. 23 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: December 23, 2004
Marine from central Indiana killed in Iraq
Associated Press
AVON, Ind. — A 21-year-old from central Indiana was killed last week in Iraq along with two other Marines when they came under enemy fire, the Department of Defense said.
Lance Cpl. Eric Hillenburg of Avon died Dec. 23 in Iraq’s Anbar province, the military said.
“Since he was 14 years old, he’s told us he was going to be a Marine,” said Erin Kissling, Hillenburg’s sister. “He was very sweet and tenderhearted. He really cared about people.”
Hillenburg was born in the southern Indiana town of Bedford and was a 2001 graduate of Chapel Hill Christian School in Indianapolis, where he was a member of the varsity basketball and soccer teams.
His father,...
Occupation
3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Hillenburg was killed Dec. 23 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Eric Hillenburg
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.