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LCpl Darwin Lee Judge LCpl Darwin Judge along with Cpl Charles McMahon was the last Killed In Action serviceman in the Vietnam War. LCpl Judge was born and raised in Marshalltown Iowa. He was an Eagle Scout and a fine young man of the community. He completed Marine Corps Boot Camp and Marine Security Guard School before shipping to Saigon, R. Vietnam as a Marine Security Guard to the American Embassy. He and Cpl Charles McMahon were killed together within the first two weeks of joining the detachment. LCpl Judge and Cpl McMahon were killed by a rocket attack...

Michael Marvin Carey spent almost half his 20 years in Amelia County. The young Marine lost his life Tuesday while examining an improvised-explosive-device in Iraq. Among those loved ones he left behind is a daughter, Mia Carey, born May 5 whom he never saw. Pfc Carey was with the Marine's 1st Combat Engineer Battalion According to the Department of Defense, the unit was serving in the 1 Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion in Iraq's Anbar province. The release said the Marine "died from nonhostile causes." Pfc Carey's mother, Sandra Rhodes, of Amelia, said she...