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Brad D Squires

Brad D Squires

US Marine Middleburg Heights, OH Age: 26 Views: 1769

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Name: Marine Cpl. Brad D. Squires

Age: 26

From: Middleburg Heights, Ohio

Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Akron, Ohio

Incident: Marine Cpl. Brad D. Squires was killed June 9 in an explosion while conducting combat operations with 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Haqlaniyah, Iraq. Also

Died: June 09, 2005


Mourners remember Marine killed in Iraq

Associated Press

BEREA, Ohio — A thousand mourners rose in unison as a trumpeter’s strains of “The Marines’ Hymn” filled St. Mary’s Catholic Church on Saturday to remember Cpl. Brad Squires, who was killed this month in Iraq.

More than 120 motorcycles and 200 cars trailed the hearse as it took Squires’ flag-draped casket to Holy Cross Cemetery 10 miles away. Hundreds of people watched the procession pass, with some holding flags.

One man stopped in the middle of an afternoon project — he held a socket wrench in one hand and held the other over his heart. A child held a sign reading “God bless you for your service,” and two fire station crews stood at attention.

Squires, 26, was killed by...

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the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Akron, Ohio

Incident

Marine Cpl. Brad D. Squires was killed June 9 in an explosion while conducting combat operations with 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), in Haqlaniyah, Iraq. Also

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Brad D Squires
2009-08-05
Dear, dear Brad, We miss you so much and think of you often. I pray for your Mommy and her enormous grief at the loss of you. The world will never be the same without you. Michael, Leah and I are due for another group visit to your grave site [with a beer for you]. With great love, Story
Brad D Squires
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.