Combat leader shines in Nasiriyah Submitted by: 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade Story Identification Number: 2003422845 Story by Cpl. Shawn C. Rhodes AN NUMINIYAH, Iraq (Apr. 21, 2003) -- To see him for the first time, you wouldn't expect the 27-year-old man, slim and quiet, to be a battle-tested warrior. The blond hair and blue eyes make him seem like the all-American, probably the star of a small town high school football team in his youth, but his travels have led him around the world. Cpl. Dana W. Perkins, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, had...