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Zachary A Kolda
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Name: Marine Cpl. Zachary A. Kolda
Age: 23
From: Corpus Christi, Texas
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Houston
Incident: Marine Cpl. Zachary A. Kolda was killed Dec. 1 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: December 01, 2004
Marine remembered for zeal for life
Associated Press
Age: 23
From: Corpus Christi, Texas
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Houston
Incident: Marine Cpl. Zachary A. Kolda was killed Dec. 1 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: December 01, 2004
Marine remembered for zeal for life
Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Cpl. Zachary Kolda had advice for his family in his last letter home from Iraq.
“Laugh harder than you should, it feels good,” he wrote in a letter postmarked Nov. 17. “Remember, sometimes a sunset is enough to fix a lousy day. When everything stinks, go for a jog to remind yourself you can still run.”
Mourners recalled Kolda’s zeal for life on Saturday as they paid their last respects to the Marine, who was fatally injured on Dec. 1 in an explosion in Iraq’s Anbar province.
Kolda, 23, was assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve’s 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division in Houston. He was helping protect Iraq’s largest...
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the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Houston
Incident
Marine Cpl. Zachary A. Kolda was killed Dec. 1 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Zachary A Kolda
2011-08-28
To the living I am gone
To the sorrowful I will never return
To the angry I was cheated
But to the happy I am at peace
And to the faithful I have never left
I can not speak but I can listen
I can not be seen but I can be heard
So as you stand upon the shore
Gazing at the beautiful sea
Remember me
As you look in awe at a mighty forest
And its grand majesty
Remember me
Remember me in your heart
In your thoughts
And your memories of the times we loved
The times we cried
The battle I fought
And the times we laughed
For if you always think of me
I will have never gone.
Zachary A Kolda
2009-05-24
SEMPER FI, extended family member.
Zachary A Kolda
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.