Marine Lance Cpl. Whittle was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. He died while supporting combat operations in Now Zad, Afghanistan after stepping on a landmine. At the age of 12, the attacks of 9/11 put into motion what course Joshua's life would take. He didn't want anyone messing with his country so by the time he was in high school; he announced he was going to be a Marine because they were the toughest branch. He graduated from Columbus High School in Downey and enlisted. Joshua was a tough young man, but also classy and respectful. He always liked adventure and as a teenager he enjoyed skateboarding and bungee jumping, was an UFC fan and threw himself into the center of mosh pits at concerts. But at the same time, he didn't smoke or drink and grew up to be a respectful young man who took up for the underdog. Joshua would have made the Marine Corps his career but he was killed just three weeks after arriving in Afghanistan.
Marine Lance Cpl. Whittle was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. He died while supporting combat operations in Now Zad, Afghanistan after stepping on a landmine. At the age of 12, the attacks of 9/11 put into motion what course Joshua's life would take. He didn't want anyone messing with his country so by the time he was in high school; he announced he was going to be a Marine because they were the toughest branch. He graduated from Columbus High School in Downey and enlisted. Joshua was a tough young man, but also classy and respectful. He always liked adventure and as a teenager he enjoyed skateboarding and bungee jumping, was an UFC fan and threw himself into the center of mosh pits at concerts. But at the same time, he didn't smoke or drink and grew up to be a respectful young man who took up for the underdog. Joshua would have made the Marine Corps his career but he was killed just three weeks after arriving in Afghanistan.
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