Cpl. Dean P. Pratt of Stevensville, Montana was a graduate of Stevensville High School, enlisted in the Marine Corps on Sept. 11, 2000. He is remembered as a fun-loving boy who found enough time in his short life to become a thoughtful, brave man. It was the second Iraq deployment for the soldier. A friends father told of lying awake years ago and waiting for the boys to come sneaking home, gliding into driveways with headlights off and thinking they were fooling their mothers and also told of how Pratt seemed to be on a first-name basis with the area's Montana Highway Patrol officers. He caused their share of trouble, but the Marine Corps gave the youth direction and purpose. He had a sense of humor that made him wonder if the Marine Corps was ready for him. He had an aversion to tying his shoes, and the Marines dealt with that. Pratt was the third Montana service member to die in Iraq. Dean is survived by his father, Danny Pratt and brother, D.J. Pratt. He died due to enemy action five weeks before he was due to be discharged. He was 22.
Marines
2nd Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
Marines
2nd Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
Cpl. Dean P. Pratt of Stevensville, Montana was a graduate of Stevensville High School, enlisted in the Marine Corps on Sept. 11, 2000. He is remembered as a fun-loving boy who found enough time in his short life to become a thoughtful, brave man. It was the second Iraq deployment for the soldier. A friends father told of lying awake years ago and waiting for the boys to come sneaking home, gliding into driveways with headlights off and thinking they were fooling their mothers and also told of how Pratt seemed to be on a first-name basis with the area's Montana Highway Patrol officers. He caused their share of trouble, but the Marine Corps gave the youth direction and purpose. He had a sense of humor that made him wonder if the Marine Corps was ready for him. He had an aversion to tying his shoes, and the Marines dealt with that. Pratt was the third Montana service member to die in Iraq. Dean is survived by his father, Danny Pratt and brother, D.J. Pratt. He died due to enemy action five weeks before he was due to be discharged. He was 22.
Marines
2nd Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
Marines
2nd Battalion
1st Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Pendleton, California
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