Michael P. Scarborough
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Age: 28
From: Washington, Ga.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Michael P. Scarborough was killed Oct. 30 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: October 30, 2004
Georgia Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Ga. — Lance Cpl. Michael Philip Scarborough, who was killed near Fallujah, Iraq, was scheduled to be buried on Veterans Day.
A member of the Marines’ elite Force Recon, Scarborough, 28, was killed Oct. 30 with 11 other Marines by a suicide car bomb in Iraq. Sgt. Kelley L. Courtney of Macon, 28, also lost his life in the attack.
Scarborough was to end his military duty in the spring.
A 1995 graduate of Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School, Scarborough attended Athens Technical College and joined the Marine Corps in 2001 at age 25.
Scarborough always dreamed of a military career and traveled the world with his company, said Mike Scarborough. He visited 12 countries last year, his father said.
He had been stationed in the Middle East since before the start of the war, despite an injury that put him out of duty for six weeks. Scarborough...