Billy D. Brixey Jr.
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Age: 21
From: Ferriday, La.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii attached to 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Billy D. Brixey Jr. died Jan. 27 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds sustained Jan. 25 when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was traveling in a convoy in Afghanistan.
Died: January 27, 2006
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Hawaii-based Marine dies after Afghanistan bomb attack
Associated Press
HONOLULU — A 21-year-old Hawaii-based Marine died from wounds suffered when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Afghanistan less than one month after he arrived in the central Asian nation, the military said Monday.
The Pentagon said Marine Lance Cpl. Billy Brixey Jr. of Ferriday, La., died at a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Friday. The statement said he died “as a result of an improvised explosive device.”
Referred to as IEDs by the military, such devices include roadside bombs or booby traps. They are the leading cause of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq.
Joe Brixey said his grandson was a passenger in the vehicle on Jan. 25 when the explosion happened. “They were on patrol in a convoy when they were hit by what they told me was a roadside bomb. It wounded him pretty bad,” he said.
Brixey said his...