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Chance Russell Phelps (July 14, 1984 – April 9, 2004) was a private first class – posthumously promoted to lance corporal [1] in the United States Marine Corps.He served with 2nd Platoon, Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment (3/11), 1st Marine Division, and I Marine Expeditionary Force, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Kovic volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War, and was sent to South Vietnam in December 1965 as a member of H&S Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. . In June 1966, he was transferred to Bravo Company, Second Platoon, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division [7] where he participated in 22 long range reconnaissance patrols in enemy territory and was awarded the ...
The movie is based on the recollections of U.S. Marine Lt. Col Michael Strobl, a real person, who accompanied the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, a Marine fatally wounded by gunfire near Baghdad during the Iraq War, from Dover Air Force Base to Dubois, Wyoming in April 2004. He attended both Phelps's funeral and his memorial service ...
It was a scorching hot day in Afghanistan, with the mercury topping out at 120 degrees. For eight hours, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alfred Brenner patrolled the desert with his bomb-sniffing dog.
Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran. Penny served four years with the U.S. Marine Corps, and his platoon sergeants testified at trial. They spoke about the Marine Corps values of honor, courage and ...
Sep. 17—Storming beaches at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima might be the first image that flashes in an American's mind about the U.S. Marine Corps' involvement in World War II. But some Marines, like ...
Chamberlain was a 68-year-old, black, retired Marine, and a 20-year veteran of the Westchester County Department of Corrections. He wore the medical alert pendant due to a chronic heart problem. [7] The shooting was the topic of the 2019 film The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain. [8]
Routh was a 25-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Lancaster, Texas. Kyle and Littlefield had taken Routh to the gun range. Routh had been in and out of mental hospitals for at least two years and had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. [8] His family also said he had PTSD from his time in the military.