Marine Sgt. Lonny D. Wells, 29, of Vandergrift, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq. Sgt. Wells was a training sergeant in the Marines. From the time he played soldiers with other boys along Sherman Avenue, through the period after high school when he earned pocket money at the Burger King, he knew he would have a uniform on his back. Lonny left behind four children from three relationships. His youngest is a 10-month-old daughter. He left behind something else, as well. It's a slightly soiled Dallas Cowboys sweat shirt and his mother found it after he died. He had been in the Marine Corps for eight years and served in Kosovo, France, Spain and Germany. He died as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq at age 29.
Marines
1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Marines
1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Marine Sgt. Lonny D. Wells, 29, of Vandergrift, Pa.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Nov. 9 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq. Sgt. Wells was a training sergeant in the Marines. From the time he played soldiers with other boys along Sherman Avenue, through the period after high school when he earned pocket money at the Burger King, he knew he would have a uniform on his back. Lonny left behind four children from three relationships. His youngest is a 10-month-old daughter. He left behind something else, as well. It's a slightly soiled Dallas Cowboys sweat shirt and his mother found it after he died. He had been in the Marine Corps for eight years and served in Kosovo, France, Spain and Germany. He died as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq at age 29.
Marines
1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Marines
1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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