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Joshua D. Snyder

   
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A 20-year-old Marine rifleman was killed in combat in Iraq, the second military casualty within six weeks from his tightly knit rural community.

Cpl. Joshua D. Snyder, of Hampstead, died Wednesday of wounds sustained from small-arms fire while fighting enemy forces in Fallujah, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.



Snyder was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Snyder joined the Marine Corps in December 2002 and joined his unit in June 2003, said Lt. Barry Edwards, a spokesman for the 2nd Marine Division. He served in both Afghanistan and Iraq, Edwards said.

A 2002 graduate of Hereford High School in northern Baltimore County, Snyder was the second alumnus of the school to die in Iraq in five weeks, said Steve Turnbaugh, the football coach at Hereford.

Snyder, who played football, was a teammate of Marine Lance Cpl. Norman Anderson III, of Parkton, who died Oct. 19 from a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karabilah, Iraq. The men had been roommates at boot camp.

"It's been very tough on the guys that he graduated with. We have a very close-knit football family, and it's been hard on the football players, both past and present," Turnbaugh said.

Turnbaugh recalled that Snyder had been injured for most of his senior year on the team and took on the role of a student coach.

"He was always willing to help anybody do anything," Turnbaugh said.

Reached at her home Thursday night, Snyder's mother said she was not yet ready to speak to reporters.
 

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Joshua D. Snyder
Authored by: anonymous on Friday, December 02 2005 @ 04:22 PM EST
AN AMERICAN HERO ONE THAT HAS NOT GIVEN HIS LIFE IN VAIN! JOSHUA IS SOMEONE'S SOMEONE AND SOMEONE TO OUR FAMILY. JOSHUA THANK YOU FOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY. MORE SO FOR BEING A MILITARY BROTHER TO OUR SON. JUST AS GREGORY WAS TO YOU. JOSHUA YOU BEEN A COMFORT TO ME. KNOWING GREG SERVED WITH ONE VERY SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL AS YOU JOSHUA. YOU TRUELY, ARE THE ELITE OF ALL AMERICAN'S. WELL OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION AMERICANS. YOU ARE THE HANDFUL THAT SERVE OUR COUNTRY UNSELFISHLY. RISKING YOUR LIFE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AN OTHER JUST GRASP THE BENEFIT OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. JOSHUA YOU GAVE THE ULTIMATE SCARIFICE FOR THEM. JUST AS ALL OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS HAVE. YOU ARE APART OF MILITARY, WORLD, IRAQI AND AMERICAN HISTORY. BY FIGHTING OFF TERRORISM AND TO GIVE THOSE IN IRAQ HOPE! TO LIVE IN PEACE! JOSHUA YOU REALLY TOUCHED MANY HEARTS. THOSE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBOR'S, YOUR MILITARY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND YOUR LOVING FAMILY WILL CHERISH PRECIOUS MOMENTS SHARED WITH YOU. THAT YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. TO ASSURE THAT YOUR FAMILY SHOULD REACH OUT. TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL LEADERS TODAY. TO HAVE A STREET NAMED IN YOUR NAME. AFTER ALL YOU SERVED YOU COMMUNITY, COUNTY, STATE AND COUNTRY. IT IS THE VERY LEAST YOUR COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL LEADERS CAN DO FOR YOU. GOD BLESS!
Joshua D. Snyder
Authored by: anonymous on Saturday, December 03 2005 @ 10:29 PM EST
Joshua,
I would like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country-not just in OIF, but in Afghanistan as well.

Semper Fi Devil Dog!

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