Daane A. Deboer
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Age: 24
From: Ludington, MI
Assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Daane A. Deboer died June 25 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Died: June 25, 2010
Marine who hiked Appalachian Trail dies in Afghanistan
DETROIT (AP) — A Marine whose experience hiking the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail while raising money for a charity helped lead him to enlist in the military has died while fighting in Afghanistan, his father said Monday.
Cpl. Daane Adam DeBoer, 24, was killed Friday by an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol, said his father, David DeBoer of Valparaiso, Ind. He said the military notified family in Indiana and Michigan of his son&aposs death the same day.
"He was an exceptionally phenomenal young man who loved the Lord," said his mother Charlene Zerrenner of Ludington, Mich. "He loved his family and he loved his country. He died a hero."
Daane DeBoer was born in Valparaiso and attended Immanuel Lutheran School through sixth grade before moving to the Grand Rapids area. He lived in Rockford until graduating from high school, his father said.
He lived in Colorado for about a year...