Marshall A. Westbrook
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Age: 43
From: Farmington, N.M.
Assigned to the 126th Military Police Company, New Mexico Army National Guard, Albuquerque, N.M.
Incident: Army Sgt. Marshall A. Westbrook was killed Oct. 1 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Baghdad.
Died: October 01, 2005
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Family grieves for fallen soldier
Associated Press
FARMINGTON, N.M. — Relatives and friends of Sgt. Marshal A. Westbrook, the first New Mexico National Guardsman killed during combat in Iraq, gathered at his Farmington home to remember him and celebrate his life.
“He was a good man. He loved his family. He loved fighting for his country,” Dave Westbrook, the fallen soldier’s brother, told The Daily Times newspaper on Sunday.
Westbrook, 43, was a member of the Albuquerque-based 126th Military Police Company. He died Saturday morning in Baghdad after being struck in the head by shrapnel from an explosive device.
Ken Nava, a New Mexico National Guard casualty assistant, said Westbrook worked for Public Service Company of New Mexico and was a longtime resident of Farmington.
Brig. Gen. Kenny Montoya, head of the New Mexico National Guard, spent the day Monday with Westbrook’s...
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Prayers & Messages
I had the pleasure of knowing you, even if it was brief. You brought much joy into my life, along with other things. I am proud of you. You always put other people before you. You were the ultimate warrior. I know your last thoughts were of your family. May you finally rest in peae. You will always be in my thoughts and in my heart. K