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Chad E Bales
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Name: Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales
Age: 20
From: Coahoma, Texas
Assigned to the 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident east of Ash Shahin, Iraq.
Died: April 03, 2003
Age: 20
From: Coahoma, Texas
Assigned to the 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident east of Ash Shahin, Iraq.
Died: April 03, 2003
Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, a logistics vehicle system operator died April 3 in a vehicle accident in Iraq. Friends and former teachers in his hometown of Coahoma, Texas, a town of 1,000 people 260 miles west of Dallas, described Bales as happy-go-lucky, popular and responsible.
“Chad was the type of man who did whatever needed to be done,” said a former high school football teammate, Billy-Bob Walker. “He never complained and always pulled his share.”
The school’s football coach, Robert Wood, called him a go-getter. “He gave great effort in everything he did and was always willing to play his role,” Wood said.
...Occupation
the 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident east of Ash Shahin, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Chad E Bales
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.