
MOBILE, Ala. — A decorated Marine and former Delta State University football player was killed on Thanksgiving Day while fighting insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, his family said.
Lance Cpl. Brad Faircloth, 20, stationed out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., was a member of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Faircloth earned a Purple Heart on Nov. 16 when he was wounded in attempts to drive insurgents from Fallujah, according to his stepfather, Paul Smith. He said Faircloth had an injury to his face.
A week later, Smith said, Faircloth earned his second Purple Heart after being injured in the leg.
Two days after that, his family was told,...