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Kenneth B. Pospisil.

Friday, December 16 2005 @ 05:54 AM EST
Contributed by: River97
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www.startribune.com -- MINNEAPOLIS -- The Marine had dreamed of a military career since he was a little boy, his mother said.

A Marine from Minnesota was killed Wednesday in Iraq when a bomb exploded near him, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday.

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Blake Pospisil, 35, formerly of Anoka, died near Ar Ramadi.

His mother, Jeanne Pospisil, said military officials told her that he was killed instantly. Officials didn't say whether he was in a vehicle or on foot, she said.

She said she and her husband, Ken, had visited their only son -- known as Blake -- at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he was stationed prior to being deployed to Iraq in September. It was his first tour in country.

She said the military told her that her son was on his way to disarm an "improvised explosive device" when it went off.

She said her son loved the Marine Corps and had dreamed of working with explosives as a member of the military since he was a little boy in Anoka.

He would put on fireworks displays for neighborhood kids. He had served in the Marine Corps for 18 years.

"He loved the Marine Corps," his mom said. "He was meant to go there [to Iraq]. He wanted to go earlier."

Blake Pospisil grew up in Anoka and attended Anoka High School, before joining the Army and getting his GED during basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. A year later he joined the Marines.

His mother described her son as someone who kept a tight circle of friends and didn't talk much about his job because of the risk associated with it.

"The Marine Corps is a tight-knit group," she said. "It was hard to talk to people about his job."

Pospisil's father, Ken, said he and his wife, Jeanne, of Big Lake, got the news Wednesday night that their only son had been killed.

He said that he lost a part of himself when he heard the news and that he and his wife are still "really overwhelmed." He said he didn't want to talk anymore.

"Everybody loved him," Jeanne said. "He was a wonderful friend."

She said her son was expected to return to the United States in March.

Blake Pospisil was assigned to the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

He is the 31st Minnesotan to die as a result of injuries sustained in the Mideast during the Iraq war.

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Kenneth B. Pospisil.

Authored by: anonymous on Friday, December 16 2005 @ 03:01 PM EST

May God Be with your family. Thank you for men like Kenneth B. Pospisil, a very brave men.

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Kenneth B. Pospisil.

Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, December 20 2005 @ 10:20 PM EST

god bless this family and give them all the strength they will need to continue without Kenneth.

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Kenneth B. Pospisil.

Authored by: anonymous on Friday, December 30 2005 @ 09:47 PM EST

Kenneth,
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!

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