Brett A. Witteveen
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Age: 20
From: Shelby, Mich.
Assigned to Marine Forces Reserve�s 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Brett A. Witteveen died Feb. 19 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: February 19, 2007
Well-liked Marine reservist remembered in Shelby
The Associated Press
SHELBY, Mich. � Friends and relatives are trying to comfort the family and fianc�e of Brett Witteveen, a 20-year-old Marine reservist from Shelby killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
�Half my heart is in Iraq,� Central Michigan University student Trisha Kokx wrote on her Web site as she counted the days until her high school sweetheart returned from duty. �Everything I ever wanted in life I now will never have,� Kokx wrote Feb. 20.
Kokx and Witteveen graduated from Hart High School in 2005.
Witteveen died Feb. 18 while on patrol in Fallujah, according to Grand Rapids-based Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment. He had been in Iraq since October, his unit said.
His father, Richard, said the family was not ready to talk about the tragedy, The Grand Rapids Press and The Muskegon Chronicle reported Feb. 21.
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