Paperwork delaying funeral of Marine from Arizona
The Associated Press
Posted: 02/22/2010 02:37:32 PM PST
Updated: 02/22/2010 02:37:32 PM PST
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—Military paperwork has delayed the release of the remains of a Marine from the Navajo Nation who was killed in Afghanistan.
Marine officials say the remains of 23-year-old Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, of Rock Point, Ariz., likely will be released later this week from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. says he'll issue an official proclamation ordering flags on the reservation to be flown at half-staff in Yazzie's honor as soon as funeral arrangements are announced.
The Defense Department says Yazzie died Feb. 16 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. That's the site of a major offensive by U.S. and Afghan forces against the Taliban.
Yazzie was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. His coffin arrived at Dover last Thursday.
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da reason was cause his mom shes over saying shes traditional and all but no she lied bout everything thats why sad to say but man that lady is so greedy i know her i met her when i spent halloween weekend with jaye and his wife out in farmington we drank and talked that whole nite he was cool as the rainy days on the rez haha miss you jaye
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, you lost a friend but she lost a son. I don't know what happened in the last six months but your comment sounds really harsh. You said you met her but it's hard to really know someone unless you spend a lot of time with them.
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