Chase J. Comley
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Age: 21
From: Lexington, Ky.
Assigned to the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Chase J. Comley was killed Aug. 6 by a suicidal car-bomber while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Amiriyah, Iraq.
Died: August 06, 2005
Marine dies in Iraq suicide bombing
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Camp Lejeune-based Marine has died in Iraq, family members in Kentucky said.
Lance Cpl. Chase Johnson Comley, 21, of Lexington, was a member of Bravo Company, 2nd Amphibious Assault Vehicle Battalion, said his brother, Clinton Comley.
The military said a Marine was killed Saturday in a suicide car bombing in a village west of Baghdad. The Marine’s name was not released, however, and the Department of Defense had not identified him on its Web site Monday.
Clinton Comley said military officials notified the family of his brother’s death Saturday.
Comley joined the Marines in February 2004 and had been in Iraq since March, his father, Mark Comley, told the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Comley played baseball and basketball at Sayre High School and graduated in 2002.
“He was full of beans and spirit and naughty enough so you...
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Prayers & Messages
No words can express how grateful I am towards Chase J. Comley. I can Honestly say I think of him as a Hero. Mr. Comley (sounds wierd to say that because he was only 21) is in my thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Elaina