Marine killed in Iraq traffic accident

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Marine killed in Iraq traffic accident
By Will Higgins - The Indianapolis Star
Posted : Tuesday Mar 3, 2009 21:23:57 EST

An Indiana serviceman was killed in Iraq during the weekend, only weeks before he was due home on leave.

Marine Cpl. Donte Jamal Whitworth, 21, died Saturday in a traffic accident near Al Taquddum Air Base, about 50 miles west of Baghdad, his family said Monday.

The timing of Whitworth’s death was particularly cruel: He was to come home later this month and had sent ahead his duffle bag; it arrived Friday and remains unopened.

“I’ll go through it later, when I’m ready,” said his mother, Carla Plowden, who retired after 20 years in the Corps shortly before her son enlisted.

The large and tightly knit family had planned several get-togethers during Whitworth’s leave. Instead, they’ll plan his funeral.


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uhc comment: To date four thousand two hundred fifty five American soldiers have been killed in the invasion and continued occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/Iraq/index.aspx