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Michael R Speer
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Name: Marine Cpl. Michael R. Speer
Age: 24
From: Davenport, Iowa
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Michael R. Speer was killed April 9 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: April 09, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq remembered as family man
Associated Press
Age: 24
From: Davenport, Iowa
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Michael R. Speer was killed April 9 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: April 09, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq remembered as family man
Associated Press
KINGSPORT, Tenn. — A Marine from Kingsport who was killed in Iraq planned to leave the service and spend more time with his new wife, according to friends and relatives attending his funeral.
Cpl. Michael Raymond Speer, 24, was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when his unit came under fire west of Baghdad on April 9.
Speer, based at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., had lived in Kingsport the past couple of years. He married in August and planned to leave the Marines in January, start a family and buy a house.
At a memorial service Monday, his widow Eliza was given a flag and his Purple Heart commendation.
A Marine color guard in dress blues...
Occupation
2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Michael R. Speer was killed April 9 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Michael R Speer
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.