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Re: The Iraq Page, RIP soldiers
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The care packages from family were still en route to Iraq when enemy fire took the life of the intended recipient: Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin Adam Lucas.
The 20-year-old from Greensboro, N.C., was killed May 26 while conducting a security patrol in Anbar province, authorities said.
Family members, who learned the news three days before Memorial Day, gathered with other mourners yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery to remember a son, a fellow Marine and a friend.
"Adam at a very young age knew he wanted to serve his country," Lt. Ron Nordan, a Navy chaplain, told the dozens of people who assembled at graveside to honor Lucas -- known to family and friends as "Adam."
Many bowed their heads, wiping away tears, as a bugler played taps. Marines who were friends of Lucas's assembled behind the family and saluted as a seven-member rifle squad fired three volleys to honor the fallen Marine.
Also attending the service were more than 40 denim- and leather-clad members of the Patriot Guard Riders, motorcycle enthusiasts who attend burials of fallen service members to shield grieving families from the intrusion of antiwar protesters.
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