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Lance Cpl. Jason E. Smith
Phoenix, Arizona
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Send FlowersJason E. Smith's last letters home talked about wanting to tell people about the "scary" times of war _ the horrors of seeing "dead bodies" and "dead Marines." While he shared his doubts about being in Iraq, he said he had also come to a new understanding. "Someone needs to do it," he wrote. "I'm glad to help these innocent Iraqis out." Smith, 21, of Phoenix was killed Dec. 31 while on patrol in Anbar province. He was based at Camp Pendleton. Smith loved baseball and was a good enough pitcher to earn a scholarship to Glendale Community College. But he passed up the opportunity in order to enlist in the Marines, deciding he wanted to "grow up" before trying for a career in the sport. In the months before his death, he had dropped his rebellious ways and become religious. Before the offensive on Fallujah, he was baptized by chaplains who filled rubber dinghies with water. "It was like he grew up to another level at the end," said his father, Glenn. His last letters to his father and mother, Jodi, arrived the day of his death. "Reading them after set us at ease," his father said. "It provided a final chapter to his worldly life."
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On this day I will always remember you. Lost and always remembered. Spec. Funk U.S. Army
January 01, 2013
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LCpl Jason Smith will never be forgotten. All my love and support at the anniversary of Jason's passing. Thinking of you all .....
January 02, 2012
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To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jason E. Smith:
Please accept my remembrance of Jason on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
December 31, 2011 | Carson City, NV
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To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jason E. Smith:
Remembering Jason on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Peggy Childers
December 31, 2010 | Carson City, NV
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On this day and with each day that we enjoy our freedom, I would like to give thanks and let you know that I do not take our troops for granted. May you experience God when you feel your loss.
Donna Gillette
December 26, 2009 | Brick, NJ
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In Memory of Jason ~ (Debra Estep)
Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.
The Wind on The Downs
“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you...
January 01, 2009
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Thank you Lance Cpl. Jason Smith and your family for sacrificing for all of our freedoms.
You don't know me but my son is also deployed right now and I feel only a little of your your pain.
Only because I still have my son. But I can feel your pain, still. Just not like you must everyday of your lives.
Just know his life wasn't in vain. There are are SO many of us out there but few that take that moment to let you know. Some don't do it because they can't handle the pain (I find it...
Michelle Joynt
December 31, 2008 | Mechanicsburg, PA
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To Jodi, Glenn and family: On this anniversary day of Jason's passing, please know there are families that care about you and will never ever forget Jason's sacrifice for America and to keep us all safe. Much love and support from one Marine family to another. Semper Fi.
Susan Transon (Haggerty)
December 31, 2008 | Phoenix, AZ
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