LCpl US Marine Corps
8th Communication Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in a non-hostile accident with two other soldiers when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization malfunctioned on a firing range near the city of Al Kut. Alan was a budding artist who enjoyed Shakespeare, wrote for his high school newspaper and liked to keep his friends and teachers laughing. He joined the Marines shortly after he graduated from high school. He was very intelligent, funny and was a talented artist of detailed pen and ink drawings. He liked Shakespeare and loved Macbeth and did the scenes in class with the swords and the swashbuckling. Lam, who grew up in Snow Camp, North Carolina, graduated in 2001 from Southern Alamance High School. As a senior project, he and a friend staged a demonstration of fitness techniques they would learn in basic training. Both later came back to school in their Marine uniforms. Neighbor Darlene Rios said Lam often helped her cut her lawn or plant flowers. When he was deployed to Iraq, he often sent greetings to her when he called home to his parents. "You don't see that in young kids," Rios said. "It was like he was raised with a lot of respect." Lam was the youngest of five children and the only son.
8th Communication Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in a non-hostile accident with two other soldiers when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization malfunctioned on a firing range near the city of Al Kut. Alan was a budding artist who enjoyed Shakespeare, wrote for his high school newspaper and liked to keep his friends and teachers laughing. He joined the Marines shortly after he graduated from high school. He was very intelligent, funny and was a talented artist of detailed pen and ink drawings. He liked Shakespeare and loved Macbeth and did the scenes in class with the swords and the swashbuckling. Lam, who grew up in Snow Camp, North Carolina, graduated in 2001 from Southern Alamance High School. As a senior project, he and a friend staged a demonstration of fitness techniques they would learn in basic training. Both later came back to school in their Marine uniforms. Neighbor Darlene Rios said Lam often helped her cut her lawn or plant flowers. When he was deployed to Iraq, he often sent greetings to her when he called home to his parents. "You don't see that in young kids," Rios said. "It was like he was raised with a lot of respect." Lam was the youngest of five children and the only son.
LCpl US Marine Corps
8th Communication Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in a non-hostile accident with two other soldiers when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization malfunctioned on a firing range near the city of Al Kut. Alan was a budding artist who enjoyed Shakespeare, wrote for his high school newspaper and liked to keep his friends and teachers laughing. He joined the Marines shortly after he graduated from high school. He was very intelligent, funny and was a talented artist of detailed pen and ink drawings. He liked Shakespeare and loved Macbeth and did the scenes in class with the swords and the swashbuckling. Lam, who grew up in Snow Camp, North Carolina, graduated in 2001 from Southern Alamance High School. As a senior project, he and a friend staged a demonstration of fitness techniques they would learn in basic training. Both later came back to school in their Marine uniforms. Neighbor Darlene Rios said Lam often helped her cut her lawn or plant flowers. When he was deployed to Iraq, he often sent greetings to her when he called home to his parents. "You don't see that in young kids," Rios said. "It was like he was raised with a lot of respect." Lam was the youngest of five children and the only son.
8th Communication Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in a non-hostile accident with two other soldiers when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization malfunctioned on a firing range near the city of Al Kut. Alan was a budding artist who enjoyed Shakespeare, wrote for his high school newspaper and liked to keep his friends and teachers laughing. He joined the Marines shortly after he graduated from high school. He was very intelligent, funny and was a talented artist of detailed pen and ink drawings. He liked Shakespeare and loved Macbeth and did the scenes in class with the swords and the swashbuckling. Lam, who grew up in Snow Camp, North Carolina, graduated in 2001 from Southern Alamance High School. As a senior project, he and a friend staged a demonstration of fitness techniques they would learn in basic training. Both later came back to school in their Marine uniforms. Neighbor Darlene Rios said Lam often helped her cut her lawn or plant flowers. When he was deployed to Iraq, he often sent greetings to her when he called home to his parents. "You don't see that in young kids," Rios said. "It was like he was raised with a lot of respect." Lam was the youngest of five children and the only son.
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