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William J. Leusink
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink
Age: 21
From: Maurice, Iowa
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink died May 22 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Asad, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. David R. Christoff.
Died: May 22, 2006
Two Marines killed in Iraq fighting
Age: 21
From: Maurice, Iowa
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink died May 22 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Asad, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. David R. Christoff.
Died: May 22, 2006
Two Marines killed in Iraq fighting
ROSSFORD, Ohio — An Ohio Marine serving his second tour of duty in Iraq was killed by a roadside bomb along with another member of his unit, the military said Tuesday.
Sgt. David Christoff, 25, of Rossford, and Lance Cpl. William Leusink, 21, of Maurice, Iowa, died in fighting in Anbar province, according to the Defense Department.
Christoff’s grandmother, Ann Christoff, said military officials came to the family’s home in this Toledo suburb around noon Monday with word that Christoff had been killed Sunday while on patrol.
Christoff and Leusink were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Kaneohe, Hawaii.
— The Associated Press
Occupation
3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink died May 22 from wounds sustained while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Asad, Iraq. Also killed was Sgt. David R. Christoff.
Prayers & Messages
William J. Leusink
2009-03-10
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.