Charles I. Cartwright
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Age: 26
From: Union Bridge, Md.
Assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.
Died: November 07, 2009
MarSOC NCO killed in Afghanistan
Staff report
A California-based Marine was killed Saturday during combat operations in Afghanistan, Marine officials said.
Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md., died in Farah province. He was a reconnaissance man assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to a news release. The battalion is part of Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.
It’s not immediately clear how he died.
Cartwright enlisted in the Corps on Sept. 10, 2001, and joined MarSOC in October 2006, just a few months after he was promoted to the rank of sergeant.
His military awards include: two Purple Hearts, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, two Marine Corps Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, two Iraqi...