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Nicholas J Dieruf
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Name: Marine Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf
Age: 21
From: Versailles, Ky.
Assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf was killed April 8 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: April 08, 2004
Lexington Marine killed in Iraq remembered in funeral service
By Murray Evans
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Versailles, Ky.
Assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf was killed April 8 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: April 08, 2004
Lexington Marine killed in Iraq remembered in funeral service
By Murray Evans
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was Nicholas Dieruf’s jaw that stood out and seemed to make his Marine dress uniform look a little bit sharper than it already was.
“I just remember the square jaw,” said Gloria Tompkins, a secretary at the Lexington high school where Dieruf once attended. “When they told me who had got hurt in Iraq, I immediately knew who he was.”
Dieruf, a Marine corporal from Lexington who died last week in an explosion near the town of Husaybah in western Iraq, was remembered Friday during a funeral service as a Christian and a Marine.
“We can be sure that Nicholas has fought the good fight as a faithful Marine,”...
Occupation
1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf was killed April 8 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Nicholas J Dieruf
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.