Lance Jason Andrew Tetrault
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Age: 20
From: Moreno Valley, Calif.
Assigned to 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Andrew Tetrault was killed in a vehicle accident in Kuwait July 9.
Died: July 09, 2003
A former high school football player, Lance Cpl. Jason Andrew Tetrault had planned to join the football team at the Marine base in Twentynine Palms, Calif., and to study computer programming in college. But his mother said he hadn’t been looking too far into the future.
“Jason was the type of person that didn’t make long-term plans,” said Mary Carriere of Moreno Valley, Calif. “His theory was: You never know what life is going to throw at you.”
Tetrault, 20, died July 9 in a car accident in Kuwait.
Seeking new challenges, Tetrault decided he would join the Marines the summer before his senior year in high school, his mother said. She and her husband, Raymond, come from military families and supported his decision to enlist.
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