Felipe C. Barbosa
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Age: 21
From: High Point, N.C.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Felipe C. Barbosa was killed Jan. 28 by a non-hostile vehicle accident in Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: January 28, 2006
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N.C. Marine killed in Humvee accident in Iraq
HIGH POINT, N.C. — A Marine from North Carolina who became a U.S. citizen less than a year ago was killed in Iraq when the Humvee in which he was a passenger overturned, family members said.
The Marine Corps has not released details of the accident, which occurred Friday in the Anbar province.
The body of Cpl. Felipe Barbosa, 21, of High Point has been returned to Dover, Del., but plans for the funeral service haven’t been announced. He was an infantryman with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
Family members, including his wife, Christina, 19, gathered Monday in High Point to remember Barbosa, who was born in Brazil. She had last spoken with her husband Jan. 23 by cell phone.
“We just talked a minute they were having a sandstorm and the phone was breaking up. He said he was doing fine. He had told me not to worry about him he was going...
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Prayers & Messages
till the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in His mercy
may He give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest and peace at the last.
Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Felipe's family