Dedicated to Marine Cpl Dustin Lee. Born April 7, 1986, Killed March 21, 2007 in Fallujah, Iraq. He was 20 years old. Dustin was born in Meridian, MS, graduated from Quitman High School in 2004. He was stationed at MCLB, HQ BN in Albany GA, before deploying for Iraq. Cpl Dustin Lee was a Marine K9 handler attached to 3rd Recon Battalion in Fallujah when the attack happened. His dog Lex received injuries but non life-threatening. ---UPDATE: LEX was Adopted December 21, 2007
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Meridian Star Article, March 29, 2007
ursday, March 29, 2007 Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee U.S. Marine QUITMAN — Services for Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Quitman with the Revs. Gene Neal, Tony Davis, Chris Cooksey and Tony Chancelor officiating. Burial will be in Stonewall Cemetery. Wright’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Cpl. Lee, 20, of Albany, Ga., formerly of Quitman, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, in Fallujah, Iraq. He was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. Survivors include his parents, Jerome and Rachel Lee of Quitman; a brother, Camryn Matthew Lee of Quitman; a sister, Madyson Taylor Lee of Quitman; maternal grandparents, Jerry and Terry Rich of Stonewall; paternal grandparents, Charles and Lavada Lee of Louisville; maternal great-grandfather, X.L. Richardson of Stonewall; uncles, Greg Lee and his wife, Tina, of Louisville, Brian Rich and his wife, Lisa, of Chattanooga, Tenn. and Lee Rich and his wife, Dana, of Stonewall; cousins, Brittney Lee, Toby Lee, Mason Rich and Lathan Rich. Pallbearers will be members of the U.S. Marine Corps. Honorary pallbearers will be Blake Palmer, Barry Howard, Cody Vandevender, Toby Lee, Adam Harper, Grant Fleming, Scott Davis, Phillip Holifield, Adam Neal, Ross Roberts and Anthony Chancelor. Memorials may be made to the Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee Memorial, C/O Jerome or Rachel Lee at any branch of BankPlus. Visitation will be Friday from 3 p.m.- 9 p.m. at the church in Quitman.
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