Marine back from Afghanistan dies in Grand Canyon

Marine on way home to Kansas after Afghanistan tour dies in sightseeing fall at Grand Canyon
By Associated Press
Published: May 24

DERBY, Kan. — A young Marine returning to civilian life in Kansas died this week after falling from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, where he had stopped to do some sightseeing on his way home from Camp Pendleton, Calif., his father said.

After two years in the Marines, Jeffery Klingsick had big plans, said his father, Russ Klingsick. The 20-year-old veteran of Afghanistan planned to join a band, become an emergency medical technician and, said his father, watch lots of John Wayne movies.
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