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  • Mission incomplete: Infantryman’s death inspires new Marine’s enlistment (3 Tissue Warning!)

    02/03/2006 7:18:46 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 331+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Feb 3, 2006 | Lance Cpl. Kaitlyn M. Scarboro
    MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (Feb. 3, 2006) -- During his work lunch break, Pfc. Jonathan D. Hale, Platoon 3054, Company K, visited the grave of his high school friend, the day after the funeral. Hale didn’t know Cpl. Taylor S. Trovillion joined the Marine Corps until he received a late-night phone call saying he had just missed the funeral. “I went to his grave and kind of just sat there. The next day I went to the recruiter’s office,” said the Richardson, Texas, native. Trovillion was killed on deployment when the vehicle he was traveling in drove over...