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"I just had to think: There is America's finest. I know it sounds funny, but I almost had pity for any enemy that would stand against them," There was an air of confidence that the Marines instill in their men that nothing can stop them." - Nelson Carman
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| Benjamin Robert Carman |
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Ben was 20 years old. He will forever be
loved and missed. |
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That day in Ar Ramadi 2/4 lost 12 men, 11 marines and one Navy medic. |
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On April 6, 2004 Ben was on a routine patrol
when they heard a radio message that four Marine snipers were about to have
their position over-run. Ben |
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| 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines |
| Ar Ramadi, An Bar Province |
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February 16, 2004 Ben's unit deployed to
Kuwait, then on March 10th on to Iraq. Ben was with 2nd Battalion, 4th
Marine, Echo Company, Weapons Platoon, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force. |
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After the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001, Ben joined the Marine Corp in the delayed entry program his senior year of high school. September 9th he left for San Diego for boot camp. |
| 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. |
Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Carman
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Upon graduation from boot camp in December, he went to Camp Pendleton, CA for School of Infantry where he took Mountain survival and Heavy Weapons training, specializing on the machine gun. |
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April-June, 2003 Ben was aboard the USS Essex
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| "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 |
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