
MISSOULA, Montana — A Marine from Stevensville died in an explosion in Iraq five weeks before he was due to be discharged.
Cpl. Dean Pratt, whose job was to inspect cars for bombs, died outside Fallujah, his mother, Geri Morris, confirmed Thursday. She said she was not given any details about Monday’s explosion.
Pratt, 22, a 2000 graduate of Stevensville High School, enlisted in the Marine Corps on Sept. 11, 2000 and would have been discharged this Sept. 11.
“He was a good kid,” said his mother, who now lives in North Pole, Alaska. “He was a good Marine.”
His father, Danny Pratt, lives in Chico, Calif. Pratt also is survived by...