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Michael Postal

Tuesday, May 10 2005 @ 08:19 AM EDT
Contributed by: tomw
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NY NewsDay -- Michael Postal had a passion for law enforcement.

He attended Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village, worked part-time at NYPD headquarters as part of a police education program, and aspired to join the force. Shortly after graduation, he became a Marine, and went on to serve in Iraq and Haiti.

But on Saturday, months into his second tour of duty in Iraq, Postal, 21, was one of three Marines killed by what the military called "explosions as a result of enemy action" in Al Anbar province, one of the most dangerous parts of Iraq for U.S. troops fighting insurgents. The other two Marines were from Texas.

Lance Cpl. Postal, who was based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was a rifleman serving in Iraq with a unit involved in training Iraqi security forces, according to a Marine spokesman. He had received a number of medals and commendations, the spokesman said.

He was in his vehicle when a bomb went off, said his father, John Rajeh of Glen Oaks, who works as a service technician for X-ray machines. Others rushed to get Postal medical attention, Rajeh said, but "they just couldn't save him."

His grandmother, Sandi Postal of Coral Springs, Fla., said Michael Postal had long been interested in the Marines, and in the police. "He's my baby," she said. " ... He was such a good kid."

The kind of kid, Rajeh said, who always told his parents where he was going. Even when he was in Iraq, Postal would call or send an e-mail periodically to let his father know he was all right.

Postal's mother, Staci, died five years ago. Postal's sister, Samantha, is 6 years old.

Rajeh described his son as studious and responsible -- "He could read a book a day" -- and said he wanted to be a military policeman in the Marines.

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Michael Postal

Authored by: anonymous on Friday, June 10 2005 @ 09:02 AM EDT

mr. Postal please give me a call. I misplaced your number. Want to discuss the package's idea with you! anyway. i think of MICHAEL

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Michael Postal

Authored by: anonymous on Friday, October 07 2005 @ 10:21 AM EDT

Michael,
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!
A fellow Marine;former member of 8th Marines

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