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Justin T Hunt
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt
Age: 22
From: Riverside, Calif.
Assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt died July 6 from enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: July 06, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq lost 150 lbs. to enlist
By Ben Fox
Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Riverside, Calif.
Assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt died July 6 from enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: July 06, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq lost 150 lbs. to enlist
By Ben Fox
Associated Press
WILDOMAR, Calif. — When Justin Hunt first tried to join the Marine Corps, the recruiters didn’t have a scale that could weigh him.
So they simply estimated that he was more than 150 pounds above the maximum limit to join the service.
Hunt, a hulking athlete then two years out of high school, didn’t let that stop him. He worked out hard, changed his diet and shed the pounds so he could enlist.
Now his family is trying to hold on to the memories of that hard-charging year as they grieve for the 22-year-old lance corporal who was killed in an explosion Tuesday in western Iraq.
“I want everybody to know what a great guy he was,” his...
Occupation
2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt died July 6 from enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Justin T Hunt
2012-11-04
Justin hunt i miss you im glad i got to go on the road trip with you when i was 16 to north carolina to go to you duty station. It was a fun trip and ill never forget it. I love you man what you have done was a good influence on me and our family by july 10th 2013 i will be in the army and i will fight for our country just like you thankyou for being so brave.
Your nephew sterling rudd..
Justin T Hunt
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.