Marine Lance Cpl. Darin T. Settle
23, of Henley, Mo.; assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died April 14 from a non-hostile motor vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq.
Marine’s funeral to be held at his high school
HENLEY, Mo. — The funeral of a Marine killed in Iraq last week will be at noon Saturday in Eugene, at the Cole County high school from which he graduated in 2001.
Lance Cpl. Darin T. Settle, 23, of Henley, was killed last Friday in a traffic accident in western Iraq’s Anbar Province. The Defense Department said he was a machine gunner on a truck that overturned after being hit from behind by a civilian truck traveling in the same convoy.
Settle was with a combat logistics unit from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
A public visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday at the Spring Valley Baptist Church in Henley.
Settle’s survivors include his parents, James and Ruby Settle; a sister, Gwendolyn; his fiance, Angela Moad; and their 6-week-old son, Wesley.
— Associated Press / Information from: Daily Capital News
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