
ATLANTA — A memorial service is scheduled Feb. 8 for a 22-year-old Marine corporal from Roswell who died earlier this month in Iraq.
The Defense Department said Richard O. Quill III died Feb. 1 in Anbar province of a “non-hostile cause,” but released no other details.
The department said Quill was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1 Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Quill, known as Richey, was a graduate of Roswell High School.
He played on community league sports teams and on football, baseball and basketball teams at Peachtree Middle School, Dunwoody High School and Roswell High, according to his...