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June 29
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Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Adle, USMCThe Department of Defense announced on July 1 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Adle, 21, of Baltimore, Md., died June 29 southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of hostile action. They were assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Folsom, Pa. |
Sgt. Alan D. Sherman, USMCThe Department of Defense announced on July 1 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Sgt. Alan D. Sherman, 36, of Brick, N.J., died June 29 southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of hostile action. They were assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Folsom, Pa. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Infinity Broadcasting -- OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ -- Family and friends gathered on the Fourth of July to say farewell to Sgt. Alan D. Sherman, a father of two described as "one tough Marine with a soft heart." Sherman, 36, was serving his second tour of duty in the Middle East when he was killed on June 29 in eastern Iraq by a roadside bomb. Two other Marines were killed in the attack and two others were wounded. More than 200 people crowded into the Bloomfield-Cooper Jewish Chapels Sunday, the Asbury Park Press of Neptune reported for Monday's editions. Michael Sherman described his brother as "bigger than life," and said that he had provided something for his sons, Joshua, 10, and Logan, 7. "He left them his honorable name, as a hero and as a loving father," Michael Sherman said. Rabbi Tobias Roth, a family friend, praised what he described as Sherman's "sense of duty for his fellow man." Sherman was in Kuwait from March to October 2003, and went to Iraq in January, his family said. "His loss has touched the entire world," Roth said. "The fact that we all share in your troubles, hopefully that will provide some comfort to you." At Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery in Neptune, an honor guard presented the folded casket flag to Sherman's mother, Sarah. Sherman's sons also were presented with folded flags. Among those paying their respects were Gov. James E. McGreevey and Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr., D-Monmouth. The Sherman family, McGreevey said, should "know that Alan's sacrifice was not given in vain, that we are a grateful people." "Alan dedicated himself to a greater task, to the cause of liberty," he said. |
Cpl. John H. Todd III, USMCThe Department of Defense announced on June 22 the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.Cpl. John H. Todd III, 24, of Bridgeport, Pa., died June 29 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. |
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