Andrew D. Brownfield
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Age: 24
From: Summit, Ohio
Assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Incident: Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield died March 18 from wounds received during an enemy mortar attack at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.
Died: March 18, 2004
Thousands line Akron streets to honor fallen Marine
Associated Press
AKRON, Ohio — About 2,000 people held American flags, supportive signs and their hands on their hearts as they lined the funeral route of a hometown son who died in Iraq.
Traffic was backed up for about a mile as the March 29 funeral procession for Marine Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield made its way from Billow funeral home four miles across town to Holy Cross Cemetery, where the 24-year-old was given full military honors.
Wanda Vigar of suburban Barberton organized the roadside tribute even though she didn’t know Brownfield, who died March 18 in a mortar attack at an air base northwest of Baghdad.
“He gave his life for his country and for us,” Vigar said. She said she wanted the community to “show this young Marine and his family that this has not gone unnoticed.”
Among those who came out was a man who stood on a bridge, holding a large Marine...