Canceled leave proves deadly for dad-to-be Bay Area Marine was to be home

[RamboLiberal]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/27/MNGSK8VLC61.DTL

Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Boyles had hoped to be at his wife's bedside when she delivers their infant son next month.

On Wednesday, the 24-year-old Bay Area Marine phoned his wife, Prabha, with bad news. His leave had been canceled because he had to stay in Iraq to fulfill "a special mission that needed to be completed," his wife recalled him saying.

It would be the last time they spoke. Boyles died Friday in Iraq's Anbar province as a result of enemy action, military officials said.

Two other Marines died in the same incident -- Sgt. Timothy Folmar, 21, of Sonora, Texas, and Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo, 20, of Suffolk, N.Y. Boyles and Mateo were assigned to the Headquarters and Service Company, 7th Marine Regiment based in Twentynine Palms (San Bernardino County), while Folmar was assigned to the 5th Marine Regiment based at Camp Pendleton (San Diego County).

[UpInArms]

1. more ruined lives courtesy of *Co.

:cry:

[scarface2004]

2. all bush said...

was 'tough shit!!' i'm too busy ridiculing kerry to worry about a bunch of suckers who joined the marines!!'