Six Marines served together at Camp Lejeune, only one is healthy now

Local Marines die, face health issues years after service at Camp Lejeune
Nov 15, 2012
Written by
Roger Weeder

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Section 7, Site 584 is where you will find Robin Yerdon's final resting place at Jacksonville's National Cemetery.

He's one of six Terry Parker High graduates who joined the Marines in 1977. Of the six, three are dead, two have serious health issues following their service at Camp Lejeune. Only one is healthy.

Kyle Yerdon said dad never talked much about Camp Lejeune.

"I'm just really devastated that it all happened, really. I don't understand how our government could ever think about covering that up," Kyle Yerdon said.

PART 1: First Coast vets speak out on impact of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune

Kyle and his brother no longer have a dad. Kyle said he is just learning details of the tainted ground water at Camp Lejeune that likely explains what happened.

A million gallons of aviation fuel that leaked with benzene, vinyl chloride and tetrcloroenthylene is causing health issues. Marines and their families who can prove they spent at least one month on base some time turning a 30-year span starting in 1957 are eligible for help.
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