Posted by
M*A on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:33:56 AM
Cpl. Jennifer Parcell 20 years old from Bel Air, Maryland
Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force February 7, 2007
Cpl. Jennifer
Parcell was petite, but one learned quickly that underestimating her was foolish. "She was an absolute firecracker," Master Sgt. Jerry Widner said. "Just a go-getting machine." Her
relentless can-do attitude led her to volunteer for Iraq. And then to
volunteer for the Lioness Program, which provides female Marines for
searches of Iraqi women to respect Muslim cultural mores. Parcell was killed Feb. 7 in Anbar province when a woman she was searching blew
herself up with a suicide vest. Parcell had started doing the searches a week before and was three weeks from going home.
You can read the rest of Cpl. Jennifer Parcell's story here.
These brave
men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy
the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call
them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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