Remember Our Heroes
Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory A. Posey, 22, of Knoxville, Tenn.
LCpl Posey was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 30, 2009 of wounds suffered while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Also killed was Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan F. Stroud, 20, of Cashion, Okla.
WBIR -- The U.S. Military said a local Marine was killed in combat Friday.
According to a statement from the Department of Defense, Lance Cpl. Gregory A. Posey, 22, of Knoxville died while supporting "Operation Eduring Freedom."
He was fatally wounded during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Posey was stationed in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was deployed on May 18 with the United States Marine Corps 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, according to the Herald-Chronicle in Winchester, Tenn.
Although the statement said Posey is from Knoxville, his parents Delma and Steven Posey live in Winchester, Tenn., and he graduated from Franklin High School in 2005.
Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory A. Posey was killed in action on 7/30/09.
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