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Matter Park Freedom Memorial

By Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2023

Battlefield Cross

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1 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — Freedom Memorial — Operation Enduring Freedom ☆ Operation Iraqi Freedom —

“Freedom is Not Free” Battlefield Cross When a member of the Armed Forces is lost on the battlefield, it has become customary to arrange their boots, rifle and helmet in the configuration you see before you. The surviving members of the . . . — — Map (db m241320) WM

2 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Bradley D. King — February 19, 1979 — April 2, 2007 —

2nd Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Brigade. SSG King was killed in an ambush while on patrol in Al Amiriyah, Iraq — — Map (db m241322) HM WM

3 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Marine Captain Brandon A. Barrett — January 21, 1983 — May 5, 2010 —

1st Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Captain Barrett was killed by enemy snipers while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan — — Map (db m241667) HM WM

4 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Marine Corporal Christopher S. Ebert — February 8, 1983 — September 17, 2004 —

2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. CPL Ebert was killed when the vehicle he was riding in was attacked by the enemy with an improvised explosive device while he was on patrol in Anbar Province, Iraq — — Map (db m241671) HM WM

5 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant First Class Collin J. Bowen — January 18, 1970 — March 14, 2008 —

1st Battalion, 175th Infantry RegimentSFC Bowen died as a result of injuries he received when the Humvee he was riding in was ambushed in Khost Province, Afghanistan. His vehicle encountered an IED and he was instantly burned over 50% of his body. . . . — — Map (db m242008) HM WM

6 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Army Private First Class David A. Kirkpatrick — February 1, 1987 — April 27, 2007 —

5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. PFC Kirkpatrick was killed while on a recovery mission when the Humvee he was driving hit an Improvised Explosive Device on April 27, 2007 in Fallujah, Iraq. — — Map (db m242098) HM WM

7 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Army Reserve Specialist Joshua L. Hill — January 31, 1982 — March 12, 2006 —

391st Engineer Battalion; gunner in the Humvee on this mission. SPC Hill’s patrol took small arms fire during an ambush and then an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan. — — Map (db m241898) HM WM

8 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Army Private First Class Joshua A. Ramsey — February 1, 1985 — December 12, 2004 —

95th Military Police Battalion PFC Ramsey died December 12, 2004 while serving his country in Baghdad. — — Map (db m242099) HM WM

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9 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — U.S. Marine Corporal Lance M. Thompson — March 26, 1983 — November 15, 2004 —

2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. CPL Thompson died as a result of hostile fire while on patrol in Ramada, Iraq. — — Map (db m242102) WM

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