Michael L. Freeman Jr
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Age: 21
From: Fayetteville, PA
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Michael L. Freeman Jr. died Feb. 1 while supporting combat operations in Shpee Valley, Afghanistan
Died: February 01, 2010
Marine from central Pa. killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A Marine from central Pennsylvania has been killed in Afghanistan, military authorities said Feb. 2.
Lance Cpl. Michael Freeman Jr., 21, of Fayetteville, Pa., died Feb. 1 during what military authorities called a “hostile incident” while conducting combat operations in Helmand province in the southern part of the country.
Freeman was a machine gunner assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., authorities said. The 2008 graduate of Chambersburg Area High School deployed to Afghanistan in October. His awards included a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
His wife, Stephanie, 18, told The Herald Mail of Hagerstown, Md., that the couple married in October and were planning a June 12 ceremony for family and friends.
“He just wanted to...