
FORKS, Wash. — A young Marine whose life was saved by a protective vest last spring and survived three car accidents in Iraq has died in subsequent combat, his family has been told.
Pfc. Jason Hanson, 21, of Forks, was one of four Marines who died Saturday in combat in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, military officials said. One of the others was Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus, 28, of Wolf Creek, Mont., the nephew of Sen. Max Baucus, D- Mont.
Military officials informed the family that all four were in a building that collapsed from a nearby explosion, Hanson’s mother, Carol Hanson, told The Seattle Times on Wednesday.
She said her son had dreamed of entering the...