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Kemaphoom A Chanawongse
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Name: Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse
Age: 22
From: Waterford, Conn.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse was killed near Nasiriyah on March 23. He was listed as missing until April 14, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.
Died: March 23, 2003
Age: 22
From: Waterford, Conn.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse was killed near Nasiriyah on March 23. He was listed as missing until April 14, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.
Died: March 23, 2003
Kemaphoom Chanawongse, known to his friends as “Ahn,” came to the United States from Thailand when he was 9. He grew up in Waterford, Conn., with his mother and stepfather, played youth soccer and graduated in 1999 from Waterford High School.
Chanawongse was one of the first casualties of the war. He was listed as missing March 23 during fierce fighting near the Iraqi town of Nasiriyah. For weeks, his parents and friends held out hope that he would be among the missing who would come home. More than 200 people attended a candlelight vigil and prayed for his...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse was killed near Nasiriyah on March 23. He was listed as missing until April 14, when the Defense Department announced his remains had been identified.
Prayers & Messages
Kemaphoom A Chanawongse
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.