https://freerepublic.com/tag/martymedellin/ en-us Mon, 21 Apr 2003 02:16:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/897031/posts FORT WORTH -A rifle salute by a Marine honor guard shattered the silence at Mount Olivet Cemetery, where hundreds of mourners paid their final respects Saturday to Marine Cpl. Jesus Martin "Marty" Antonio Medellin, Fort Worth's first casualty of the war in Iraq. But it wasn't until a lone trumpeter began playing the forlorn sounds of taps that many in the crowd -- including the Marine's parents, Mary and Freddy Medellin -- began to weep. "Their hearts are troubled, but they're not troubled beyond repair," said the Rev. Paul Danielson, a former pastor at Baptist Church of the Open Door,... Star-Telegram https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/897031/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2003 02:16:10 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/889465/posts FORT WORTH - A military chaplain and three members of the U.S. Marine Corps brought the news to the home of Mary and Freddy Medellin on Monday evening: Their second-oldest child had been killed in Iraq. Cpl. Jesus Martin "Marty" Antonio Medellin was Fort Worth's first casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Relatives remembered Medellin, 21, a 2000 graduate of Boswell High School, as a "mild-natured, friendly" person who knew at age 10 that he wanted to be a Marine. "His parents are coping. They are a strong Christian family," Simona Sifuentes, Medellin's aunt, said Tuesday night. "They are very tired... Star-Telegram https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/889465/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2003 01:45:53 GMT