Christopher D. Winchester
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Age: 23
From: Flomaton, Ala.
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. Christopher D. Winchester 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
Fallen Marine laid to rest in Alabama
Associated Press
FLOMATON, Ala. — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral for a 23-year-old Marine killed in the Iraq war.
Camp Lejeune-based Cpl. Christopher David Winchester died July 14 in a roadside bomb explosion near Tikrit, the Defense Department said. He was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division.
Services were held Thursday at Flomaton High School. Winchester graduated from the school in 2000.
The Rev. Doug Greer, pastor of the Pentecostal Divine Temple Church in East Brewton, spoke about Winchester’s participation in his church.
“Just before he went off,” Greer said, his voice choked with emotion, “he came up and asked the congregation to pray for him. Then he left with that smile he had.”
Marine Lance Cpl. Corey McIntosh said he had served with Winchester since boot camp.
“He was a...