Andrew K. Farrar Jr.
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Age: 31
From: Weymouth, Mass.
Assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Sgt. Andrew K. Farrar Jr. was killed Jan. 28 in a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: January 28, 2005
Weymouth Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Marine Sgt. Andrew K. Farrar Jr., who re-enlisted after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, died Friday on his 31st birthday while on patrol in Iraq, his father said Sunday.
The Weymouth native, scheduled to return home to his wife and two young sons in three weeks, was electrocuted when he ran into a high-voltage wire on patrol in Anbar province in western Iraq, said Andrew Farrar Sr.
Farrar nearly returned to civilian life in 2001 and took the police civil service exam to prepare for a career in law enforcement.
Then came Sept. 11.
“He was scheduled to discharge a month later,” his father said. “He re-enlisted after 9-11 to serve because he knew others wouldn’t be able to serve. His whole approach was selfless.”
The family planned to travel to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Monday for a military funeral. A service in Weymouth was being...
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Prayers & Messages
OH GOD...this is the worst situation yet...and all have been terrible. I am so sorry for the loss of you to this world. Thank you for your service to us all. I wish things had turned out differently, but there is a REASON for all things. I firmly believe that. Watch over your family.
May you rest in peace and may God bring comfort to your family and friends in the difficult loss of you.
Sincerely,
Mary