He was 21...never met his newborn son (VERY odd story)

[SoCalDem]

This comes form the marines website.. Either someone got his age wrong, or there are some glaring oddities here..



http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/98A587FE1A3CA97885256E9600505E9E?opendocument

CAMP HURRICANE POINT, Iraq(May 15, 2004) -- Lance Cpl. Jeremiah E. Savage, gunner with 81 mm Mortar Platoon, Mobile Assault Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, couldn't wait to get home to meet his newborn son.However, at the age of 21, he was struck down by an improvised explosive device May 12 during a routine patrol through the streets of Ramadi.

..snip..

"On Wednesday afternoon, Lance Corporal Savage was doing the very thing we came here to do: help Iraq," said Capt. Robert S. Weiler, company commander. "We had just visited a water treatment plant so that the people there could get more than one hour of drinking water a day. Then we handed out Frisbees and soccer balls to the children and put smiles on their faces, which was something Savage loved to do."

Weiler said Savage, father of five, was the epitome of the 1st Marine Division's "no better friend, no worse enemy" motto.

...snip.....

Savage was planning to return to Tennessee following his time in the Marine Corps. He wanted to pursue a career as a professional mechanic.

He is survived by his college sweetheart Cassandra and their five children: Jaydeen, Keyera, Madison, Eva and Eldin. "I recently spoke to his wife, and she said their son Jaydeen took the news of his dad's death harshly," Dahl said. "But then he got up and went to school that day and told everyone that he was proud of his dad because he was a hero. That's how I want you all to remember him - as a hero."

[TNOE]

1. He's listed as 21

here:

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Details.aspx

Probably sloppy reporting.... what's new? :shrug:

[SoCalDem]

3. Something is amiss.. FIVE KIDS?? and at least one is school age??

AND he went to college?? when did he have time?? Marines, wife 5 kids??

It's terrible to be so cynical, I know...but this story reminds me of how every time a gang member gets killed out here in CA, they are always "morphed" into "honor student","boy scout,helper-of-old-ladies"..

[Shakespeare]

2. It's possible.

There was just a story on the SF news last night about a kid who was gunned down in his neighborhood. Seventeen years old, and left behind a 5-year-old-son.

Sometimes, they start very young. :crazy:

[Deb-Ter]

4. mistake

Probably just a typo and he was really 31