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  • Va. Marine Is Killed in Iraq Wreck; Chesapeake Man's Tour Was Nearly Up

    02/11/2006 8:44:45 PM PST · by Flora McDonald · 14 replies · 705+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 02-10-06 | Brigid Schulte
    Lance Cpl. Steven Phillips was a Sept. 11 warrior. Once the twin towers fell and the Pentagon was struck, he gave up a comfortable life in Chesapeake, Va., and his dreams of one day flying into space, and joined the Marines. He died Tuesday near Qaim, Iraq, one month before he was to return home for good. The Marines who knocked on the family's door explained that Phillips had been driving a Humvee and swerved to avoid something in the road. The Humvee rolled over an embankment and crushed Phillips's chest, killing him. No one else in the vehicle was...