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Lance Russell P White
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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Russell P. White
Age: 19
From: Dagsboro, Del.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Russell P. White was killed June 20 in a non-combat-related incident at Camp Bulldog, Afghanistan, north of Kabul.
Died: June 20, 2004
N.C.-based Marine killed in Afghanistan accident
By Randall Chase
Associated Press
Age: 19
From: Dagsboro, Del.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Russell P. White was killed June 20 in a non-combat-related incident at Camp Bulldog, Afghanistan, north of Kabul.
Died: June 20, 2004
N.C.-based Marine killed in Afghanistan accident
By Randall Chase
Associated Press
DOVER, Del. — A 19-year-old Marine based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was killed in a firearm accident at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, his family said.
Lance Cpl. Russell P. White, who deployed to Afghanistan in May, was shot in the head and died late on May 20 at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, according his father, Gregg.
White said military officials told him another Marine was attempting to holster a 9mm handgun, apparently after cleaning it, when it discharged a bullet that struck his son in the head.
Military officials had said earlier only that a U.S. Marine died of a “non-hostile injury” inflicted by a weapon, and that the...
Occupation
3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Russell P. White was killed June 20 in a non-combat-related incident at Camp Bulldog, Afghanistan, north of Kabul.
Prayers & Messages
Lance Russell P White
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.