1stLt US Marine Corps
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in action in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah. Friends and former teachers remember the 1989 graduate of Tonopah High School in Tonopah, Nevada as a shy, tall, strapping athlete who worked hard and fended for himself. He had moved to Tonopah from Oklahoma with his father and stepmother as a high school junior. He stayed to finish school when his father, a construction worker, left for a job in another town. Fred stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and was shy, but he proved himself at football and basketball. He lived for a time with several families but never talked about his home life. He was a hard worker and very independent. He would buy his own food when he lived with the families because he wanted to take care of himself. Fred worked in construction, was a waiter, dishwasher and cook at the now closed Mizpah Hotel. Most graduates of Tonopah faced three choices in life: stay in the mines, go away to college or join the military. First he went to college in Oregon then he joined the Marines. He met his wife while he was stationed in Washington state a few years ago. They married about four years ago and had a daughter that is the image of her father. Fred was proud to be a Marine and how far he had come in 10 years – he did it himself.
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in action in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah. Friends and former teachers remember the 1989 graduate of Tonopah High School in Tonopah, Nevada as a shy, tall, strapping athlete who worked hard and fended for himself. He had moved to Tonopah from Oklahoma with his father and stepmother as a high school junior. He stayed to finish school when his father, a construction worker, left for a job in another town. Fred stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and was shy, but he proved himself at football and basketball. He lived for a time with several families but never talked about his home life. He was a hard worker and very independent. He would buy his own food when he lived with the families because he wanted to take care of himself. Fred worked in construction, was a waiter, dishwasher and cook at the now closed Mizpah Hotel. Most graduates of Tonopah faced three choices in life: stay in the mines, go away to college or join the military. First he went to college in Oregon then he joined the Marines. He met his wife while he was stationed in Washington state a few years ago. They married about four years ago and had a daughter that is the image of her father. Fred was proud to be a Marine and how far he had come in 10 years – he did it himself.
1stLt US Marine Corps
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in action in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah. Friends and former teachers remember the 1989 graduate of Tonopah High School in Tonopah, Nevada as a shy, tall, strapping athlete who worked hard and fended for himself. He had moved to Tonopah from Oklahoma with his father and stepmother as a high school junior. He stayed to finish school when his father, a construction worker, left for a job in another town. Fred stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and was shy, but he proved himself at football and basketball. He lived for a time with several families but never talked about his home life. He was a hard worker and very independent. He would buy his own food when he lived with the families because he wanted to take care of himself. Fred worked in construction, was a waiter, dishwasher and cook at the now closed Mizpah Hotel. Most graduates of Tonopah faced three choices in life: stay in the mines, go away to college or join the military. First he went to college in Oregon then he joined the Marines. He met his wife while he was stationed in Washington state a few years ago. They married about four years ago and had a daughter that is the image of her father. Fred was proud to be a Marine and how far he had come in 10 years – he did it himself.
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, out of Camp Lejeune, NC
He was killed in action in the vicinity of An Nasiriyah. Friends and former teachers remember the 1989 graduate of Tonopah High School in Tonopah, Nevada as a shy, tall, strapping athlete who worked hard and fended for himself. He had moved to Tonopah from Oklahoma with his father and stepmother as a high school junior. He stayed to finish school when his father, a construction worker, left for a job in another town. Fred stood 6 feet 7 inches tall and was shy, but he proved himself at football and basketball. He lived for a time with several families but never talked about his home life. He was a hard worker and very independent. He would buy his own food when he lived with the families because he wanted to take care of himself. Fred worked in construction, was a waiter, dishwasher and cook at the now closed Mizpah Hotel. Most graduates of Tonopah faced three choices in life: stay in the mines, go away to college or join the military. First he went to college in Oregon then he joined the Marines. He met his wife while he was stationed in Washington state a few years ago. They married about four years ago and had a daughter that is the image of her father. Fred was proud to be a Marine and how far he had come in 10 years – he did it himself.
