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Juston T Thacker
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker
Age: 21
From: Bluefield, W.Va.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker was killed June 24 by hostile fire near Bari Khout, Afghanistan.
Died: June 24, 2004
W. Va. Marine killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Bluefield, W.Va.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker was killed June 24 by hostile fire near Bari Khout, Afghanistan.
Died: June 24, 2004
W. Va. Marine killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
PRINCETON, W.Va. — A Marine from Princeton who was motivated to join the military because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was killed in Afghanistan this week, according to his family.
Lance Cpl. Juston Thacker was killed in an ambush Thursday near the Pakistan border, his uncle, Kenneth Meadows, said Friday. He was shot in the chest and abdomen while returning to camp with a border patrol, Meadows said.
Meadows did not know Thacker’s unit number but said he was based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Thacker had served two years in the Marine Corps and had spent much of that time in Afghanistan. He was serving his second tour of duty.
“He was a very kind and loving young man,”...
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3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker was killed June 24 by hostile fire near Bari Khout, Afghanistan.
Prayers & Messages
Juston T Thacker
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.