Adam L. Marion
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Age: 26
From: Mount Airy, N.C.
Assigned to the 171st Engineer Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Saint Pauls, N.C.
Incident: Army Pfc. Adam L. Marion died April 28 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his forward operating base with indirect fire. Also killed were Sgt. Marcus C. Mathes and Sgt. Mark A. Stone.
Died: April 28, 2008
Army Pfc. Adam L. Marion remembered
The Associated Press
Adam L. Marion loved kids, and at one point, he worked with children involved with parks and recreation programs and at a home for abused children.
Family members say that he carried his passion for helping children with him to Iraq, where he spent as much time as possible with Iraqi kids.
“He was really funny, joking and always smiling,” said Ivy Jean Atkins, a cousin. “He loved kids and had a loving heart.”
Marion, 26, of Mount Airy, N.C., was killed April 28 during an attack on a base near Baghdad. He was a 2000 high school graduate and was assigned to Saint Pauls, N.C.
“He loved to have fun,” said Kathy Robertson, a friend. “Just being around him would make you laugh, and he loved to cut up and pick. He was just fun to be around.”
He had the words “Freedom Isn’t Free”...