A community memorial service and celebration of life will be held from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Thursday in the Boone Center at Newport High School.
(NEWPORT, Ore.) - The Newport News Times reports that 20-year old Nathan Windsor of Newport, a lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps, was killed in action Saturday during a military operation in Iraq.
Nathan Windsor is a 2005 graduate of Newport High School. Prior to that he lived in Reedsport, Oregon and Huntington Beach, California.
It is reported that he was shot while serving as a sniper during a military "surge" offensive. The exact location of the enemy contact was not released.
Officials say Nathan was moved from Iraq to a hospital in Germany, where he died.
A community memorial service and celebration of life will be held from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Thursday in the Boone Center at Newport High School.
Read the article by Laura Eberly Of the News-Times: Newport man killed in Iraq
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