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George J Payton
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Name: Marine Cpl. George J. Payton
Age: 20
From: Culver City, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. George J. Payton was killed Nov. 14 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 14, 2004
Camp Pendleton Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Culver City, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. George J. Payton was killed Nov. 14 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: November 14, 2004
Camp Pendleton Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
CULVER CITY, Calif. — George J. Payton was sent to live with relatives in Fiji during high school because his mother worried about the influence of gangs in their Los Angeles neighborhood.
A year later, he returned focused and mature, joining the Marines in 2002.
“He was getting around to becoming the kind of man I wanted him to be,” said his mother, Chandra, a literacy coach. “He was my confidante, my support, my right hand.”
Payton died Nov. 14 of combat wounds suffered in Iraq’s volatile Anbar province, where Marines led a recent offensive against insurgents in Fallujah. The 20-year-old team leader was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...
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the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Cpl. George J. Payton was killed Nov. 14 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
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George J Payton
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.