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Zachary Alday

    
Thursday, June 15 2006 @ 07:44 AM EDT
Contributed by: tomw
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Individuals USPost-Searchlight -- The family of 22-year-old U.S. Navy Corpsman Zachary Alday of Donalsonville, who was killed Friday, June 9 in Iraq when the humvee he was riding in while on patrol with the Marines set off a land mine, is remembering the joy he brought to their lives.

His unit was conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq when he was killed.

The Corpsman’s grandmother, Kay Forbes, remembered how outgoing he was.

“Zachary played football in high school,” Mrs. Forbes said. “He was always very competitive, outgoing and full of life. He loved his parents, Tommy and Donna Alday, and the rest of his family dearly.”

Forbes said when Alday got together with his friends, he was always the life of the party. “He was just a guy who everybody liked.”

Forbes said Alday was from a farm family and he joined the Navy 18 months ago because he wanted something better for his 14-month-old daughter, Karmyn. He wanted to get an education and see the world.

“Karmyn was the love of his life. He loved her and her mother, Brooke, very much. He was looking forward to seeing her grow up,” Forbes said. “He was home at Christmas and in February and the whole family just had a great time together. He was an avid deer hunter and fisherman. He loved the outdoors and went hunting and fishing every chance he got.”

Corpsman Alday was part of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 7th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton in Twenty-nine Palms, Calif. When he went back to California in February, he was sent to Iraq.

Mrs. Forbes pointed out that, while he was very aware of the dangers of being in a war zone, Corpsman Alday was proud of what he was doing for his country and the Iraqi people.

“As a medic, Zachary was dedicated to caring for others and relieving their pain,” she said. “As a medic, he saved lives on the battlefield, and he was very proud of that. He wanted to dedicate the rest of his life to helping others. The best way to describe him is caring.

“He was as caring and compassionate a person as I have ever known. We will greatly miss him. He is a true hero,” Forbes said Tuesday.

He and his older sister, Mandy Barber, were very close. They would joke around when they got together and they were looking forward to raising their children together, Forbes said.

Military officials notified the Alday family of Corpsman Alday’s death Friday night.

 

 
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Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, June 17 2006 @ 12:49 AM EDT
Doc Alday,
I would like to say thank you to you and the two Marines from your unit(1/7) who were also killed that day for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

Semper Fi Doc!
Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, June 18 2006 @ 02:10 PM EDT
I went to Corps School with him and he was a great guy. We will al miss him very much. Everyone who reads this please pray for his family, esecially his little girl. Thanks.

Hn Dunn, Erin
NAVHOSP JAX
Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, June 25 2006 @ 01:12 PM EDT
zach,
in behalf of class 05095...we'll be praying for your soul...you will be greatly missed!

HN VALDEHUESA
SOI-EAST
Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Thursday, September 07 2006 @ 01:10 AM EDT
Well Zack,
I just returned from Iraq, and still wonder why you didn't. I'll always miss you... my prayers continue to include you and your family. I'm on leave and planning on taking a trip up to GA to visit you and the family. May you continue to watch over the other Corpsman who are in harms way.
On behalf of "1st PLT", FMSS- July-Sep 2005
I wish I could have known you longer, but the 11 months that I did will not be forgotten.

HM1 Chris Arredondo
1st Battalion, 1st Marines
Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, November 21 2006 @ 12:59 PM EST
Remembering someone that has touched our families heart. Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful. An we should be doing that everyday. Zachary thank you for being a military brother to our son as he has felt toward you. I realize neither of you knew one another. You are together and with all your brother's and sister's, never alone. Every fallen families heart and prays are with you and your family. you have not died in vain1 You are an AMERICAN HERO that is so much more to those that knew and loved you. Father of Fallen Soldier US Army Sgt. gregory L. Wahl KIA balad, Iraq 05-03-04.
Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Sunday, February 18 2007 @ 10:05 PM EST
My sympathies to you and your family.


Jonathan Elliott
Evolve Talent Agency
Zachary Alday
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, May 23 2008 @ 07:42 PM EDT
I knew Zach, and I call shenanigans on this article. I won't go into detail, but he wasn't the most savory person, I can tell you that.

Natural selection at work, friends. Natural selection at work.

One of the many reasons I loathe the south. Unquestioning overpatriotic fools.

"HE DONE DIED FER UR FREEDUM! WUT A MAN!"
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