Lance Cpl. Sean Michael Mitchell, home on leave dies in crash

It must be very hard for the family that he was on leave after Iraq but was killed back home. Please pray for them.

Marine on leave dies in truck crashBy Earl Holland • Staff Writer • March 26, 2009

SALISBURY -- Friends and family continue to deal with the loss of a U.S. Marine who died while on leave.

Lance Cpl. Sean Michael Mitchell, 21, of Salisbury was killed Tuesday after his truck hit a tree on Route 13 near Route 413 in Westover as he was heading back to Camp LeJeune, N.C., where he was stationed.

Mitchell, who attended James M. Bennett High School, had taken a two-week leave to spend time with his family after recently returning from a tour in Ramadi, Iraq in February. He had been in the Marines since December 2006.
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Marine on leave dies in truck crash