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Jacksonville Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Published June 18, 2005
JACKSONVILLE - A Marine from Jacksonville has been killed in Iraq.
Pfc. Nathan Clemons, 20, was killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb near Ar Rutbah in Iraq's Al Anbar province, according to U.S. Central Command.
He was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Clemons was a graduate of Terry Parker High School. His parents now live in Tennessee, where his funeral will be held today.
"He saw the military as a way to mature and grow up and get some responsibility," said Mike Jackson, pastor of Clemons' church in Jacksonville.
Jackson said Clemons' called his parents Tuesday and said he was going to "be all right," even if something happened to him.
"He meant all right spiritually, in his soul," Jackson said. "It's giving them great comfort now to know that spiritually, he was where he needed to be."
[Last modified June 18, 2005, 00:44:03]
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