
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregonian who enlisted hoping to scuba dive in the exotic places the Marines would send him was shot to death in the town of Karma in Iraq, his family said.
Lance Cpl. Steven Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay died July 5 in the town near Fallujah.
He graduated from Marshfield High School in 2003. He was in the 1st Marines, 3rd Battalion, based in Camp Pendleton, Calif., The World of Coos Bay reported.
His mother, Dana Potts, said the young man known as “Scuba Steve” cited that passion and his confusion about what to do with his life as reasons for enlisting in 2005. She said her son hoped to dive in places such Singapore, Thailand and Kuwait.
A friend,...