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Max A Galeai
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Name: Marine Lt. Col. Max A. Galeai
Age: 42
From: Pago Pago, American Samoa;
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii;
Incident: Marine Lt. Col. Max A. Galeai died June 26 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Capt. Philip J. Dykeman and Cpl. Marcus W. Preudhomme.
Died: June 26, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 3 Hawaii Marines
By Mary Vorsino
Honolulu Advertiser
Age: 42
From: Pago Pago, American Samoa;
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii;
Incident: Marine Lt. Col. Max A. Galeai died June 26 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Capt. Philip J. Dykeman and Cpl. Marcus W. Preudhomme.
Died: June 26, 2008
Suicide bomber kills 3 Hawaii Marines
By Mary Vorsino
Honolulu Advertiser
The commanding officer of a Hawaii-based battalion of more than 1,000 Marines and sailors died Thursday in Iraq in an attack that also killed two other Kaneohe Marines, the military said yesterday.
Lt. Col. Max A. Galeai, 42, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines at Kaneohe’s Marine Corps Base Hawaii, is believed to have been killed in the town of Karmah in Anbar province, about 30 miles west of Baghdad, in a suicide bomb attack.
Also killed in the attack were Capt. Phil Dykeman, 38, of New York, the leader of the battalion’s Fox Company, and 23-year-old Cpl. Marcus W. Preudhomme, of North Miami Beach, Fla.
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2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii;
Incident
Marine Lt. Col. Max A. Galeai died June 26 while supporting combat operations in Karmah, Iraq. Also killed were Capt. Philip J. Dykeman and Cpl. Marcus W. Preudhomme.
Prayers & Messages
Max A Galeai
2009-07-27
i'm so sorry...
the galeai family really misses you...
u hav done a lot for our country :(
may god bless u in heaven
amen
Max A Galeai
2009-06-16
I love and miss you dearly my dear brother...I think of you always....
love you my dear brother....
SIS Vanessa Galea'i
Max A Galeai
2009-04-22
this is my uncle.... i love him sooo much
Col Max A Galeai
2008-07-14
Your sacrifice will remain in our hearts for a lifetime,
with intense gratitude. May God bless you and your family.
Rest Safely and Securely in God's Loving Arms.
Col Max A Galeai
2008-07-13
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.