
PHOENIX — A Marine who grew up in Arizona and died in a vehicle accident in Iraq loved helping others and planned to work as a firefighter or paramedic after leaving the military, his great-aunt said Wednesday.
Gunnery Sgt. Edward T. Reeder, 32, died Saturday in Iraq’s Anbar province after the Humvee he was riding in flipped over and ejected him after it was struck by a tank, his family said.
Reeder, who is survived by a wife and two children, was born in Flagstaff and grew up on northern and central Arizona ranches. He and his family lived in North Carolina.
Pat Potter, Reeder’s great-aunt from Prescott, said Reeder loved animals and recalled a pet raccoon he had...