Clifton B. Mounce
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Age: 22
From: Pontotoc, Miss.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. attached to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Cpl. Clifton B. Mounce was killed July 14 when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations near Trebil, Iraq. Also
Died: July 14, 2005
Hundreds attend funeral for fallen Marine
Associated Press
PONTOTOC, Miss. — An overflow crowd of about 300 filled the West Heights Baptist Church on Thursday for the funeral of 22-year-old Cpl. Blake Mounce of Ecru, killed July 14 in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
More than 100 people listened from the church lobby because all the seats in the sanctuary were filled.
Blake Mounce’s father, Johnny Mounce, read aloud two letters he received from his son days after the family learned about the death. The first brought smiles and chuckles as Johnny Mounce read his son’s words about missing home.
As Johnny Mounce prepared to read the second letter, he took a deep breath, looked toward the ceiling and said, “It’s a reason I saved this one for last. It’s very hard for me to read so I’ll only read some of it.”
The letter addressed each person in the Mounce family. With every word he read, tears filled the father’s...
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