Chad J. Simon
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Age: 32
From: Madison, Wis.
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Madison, Wis.
Incident: Marine Staff Sgt. Chad J. Simon died Aug. 4 in Madison, Wis., while under hospice care for wounds sustained Nov. 8, 2004, in an explosion as he was conducting combat operations in Babil province, Iraq.
Died: August 04, 2005
Marine wounded in Iraq bombing dies
Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. — A 32-year-old Marine reservist has died nine months after he was severely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq that killed three others in his Madison-based unit, the military said Friday.
Staff Sgt. Chad J. Simon of Monona died Thursday at a hospice in the Madison area, said Maj. George Williams, a spokesman for Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division.
“The family is extremely proud of him and his service in the Marine Corps and this nation,” Williams said. “The family is grieving this tragic loss and asks to mourn in private.”
Simon was wounded Nov. 8 after his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device while on a patrol in Babil province, about 30 miles south of Baghdad, Williams said.
Three other Marines with him — Lance Cpl. Shane O’Donnell, 24, of DeForest, Lance Cpl. Branden Ramey, 22, of Belvidere,...
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