Just one of the 10

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News that Anthony McElveen, a 2003 graduate of Little Falls High School, had died in Iraq came as a shock to many Friday morning. McElveen is believed to be one of 10 U.S. Marines who died Thursday in a blast from a makeshift bomb outside Fallujah. Although the U.S. military Friday reported four deaths in addition to the 10 killed in the roadside bomb explosion, none is believed to be a Marine.

Randy Tabatt was McElveen's sociology and advanced-placement history teacher at Little Falls High School.

Tabatt said he learned of the death just before classes started Friday, during a call from Deborah McElveen, the Marine's mother.

"What do you say to comfort a mother who just lost her son?" Tabatt said.