Monday, April 17 2006 @ 02:34 AM EDT
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 www.ocregister.com -- Lance Cpl. Marcus Glimpse of Huntington Beach was killed Wednesday when an improvised bomb exploded at the security checkpoint where he was deployed in Al Anbar province in Iraq.
Glimpse, 22, is the 26th Orange County resident to die in Afghanistan or Iraq. He was a machine gunner and on his second tour in Iraq.
Glimpse was born in Fort Sill, Okla., and spent his elementary and junior high years in Plano, Texas. He graduated from Huntington Beach Continuing Education High School.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps in October 2003 and had been stationed at Camp Pendleton.
His twin brother, Michael, was an Army paratrooper. "He (Marcus) always needed to outdo his brother," said his father, Guy Glimpse, speaking of Marcus' decision to join the Marine Corps.
Besides his father and brother, Marcus leaves his mother, Maryan, and sisters Mandy and Megan.
On an earlier deployment, Marcus had helped with tsunami relief in Sri Lanka in early 2005. He returned to Iraq in January.
Homemade bombs such as the one that killed Glimpse have become a scourge in Iraq, exploding in roadways and public places and killing and wounding hundreds of U.S. military. |
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I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
Semper Fi Devil Dog!