Anthony A. Dilisio
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Age: 20
From: Macomb, MI
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony A. Dilisio died May 30 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Died: May 30, 2010
Marine from Macomb County killed in Afghanistan
By Zlati Meyer
Detroit Free Press
A 20-year-old Marine from Macomb Township died Sunday in Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.
Lance Cpl. Anthony Dilisio was supporting combat operations in Helmand Province.
He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
“They stopped to check on a truck. They were ambushed and a battle ensued,” David Dilisio said this morning about his nephew, who served as a mortar man.
Anthony Dilisio, a graduate of Dakota High School who swam and played football and baseball, enlisted approximately two years ago and was deployed in December, according to David Dilisio. He was scheduled to come home at the end of July or early August.
“He was a people person and he was always compelled to give back in some way,” David Dilisio recalled. “He wanted to serve in some capacity,...