Nathan A. Schubert
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Age: 22
From: Cherokee, Iowa
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Cpl. Nathan A. Schubert was killed Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter in which he was riding crashed near Rutbah, Iraq. Twenty-nine Marines and one sailor also were
Died: January 26, 2005
Iowa Marine killed in helicopter crash
Associated Press
CHEROKEE, Iowa — A Marine from Cherokee was killed in the crash of a helicopter in Iraq a day before his 23rd birthday, relatives said.
Cpl. Nathan Schubert had received orders to leave Iraq on Feb. 4, his brother, Matt Schubert said as he gathered with relatives in Sioux Falls, S.D.
“He was kind of a patriotic person and I think he felt it was his duty to serve the country,” Schubert, of Spencer, told the Sioux City Journal Thursday night.
Nathan Schubert was a carefree man who “lived a day for what it was worth,” his older brother said as he gathered with relatives at his mother’s home in Sioux Falls.
Cherokee Mayor Dennis Henrich said flags in Cherokee in northwestern Iowa were lowered to half-staff. The mayor said Schubert’s death is the first military casualty for the city of 5,300 since the Vietnam War.
Nathan Schubert was among 31 military...