Anthony DiLisio

[noamnety]

DiLisio, 20, of Macomb Township, died (May 30) from a single gunshot to the head while patrolling on foot outside his camp in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

... He volunteered for the patrol even though his superior told him he could "take the day off," said Ketelhut, who said she has talked with Delisio's fellow soldier Mark Wold, who was with him when he died and is accompanying his body to Michigan.

... "The family was against this from the beginning," she said. "We fought tooth and nail to keep him here, but he wouldn't stay. He had this drive. He was a fighter with a big heart."

... DiLisio, who graduated from Dakota High School in Macomb Township two years ago, joined the Marines in August 2008. "He wanted to join when he was in high school but no one would sign for him," Ketelhut said.

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Anthony A. Dilisio Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

http://www.voicenews.com/articles/2010/06/02/news/doc4c0668976de17813368201.txt

[OhioChick]

1. So young.....and gone.....

:(

We need to get out of all the damn wars and bring our men and women home.

[Nikki Stone1]

2. K & R

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[gateley]

3. I'm sorry to ask an insensitive question, but was the single gunshot from

an enemy or are they intimating suicide?

[noamnety]

4. It was enemy fire

from a drive-by van while he was out on patrol.

[gateley]

5. Thank you. A heartbreaking tragedy, either way. It makes me so sad. nt