Jeffrey R. Standfest
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Age: 23
From: St. Clair, MI
Assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Jeffrey R. Standfest died June 16 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Died: June 16, 2010
Twentynine Palms Marine dies in Helmand
Staff report
A Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based Marine died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced June 17.
Cpl. Jeffrey R. Standfest, 23, of St. Clair, Mich., died June 16 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.
No additional details were immediately available.
Grandfather served in Corps during WWII
The Associated Press
CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 23-year-old Marine from St. Clair County described by those who knew him as proud of his service has died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, the military said June 17.
Cpl. Jeffrey R. Standfest died June 16 in Helmand province, the Defense Department said in a statement. His family lives in China Township, about 45 miles northeast of Detroit, but the military listed his...