![]() Tavon L. Hubbard Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps |
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NEWS
RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense
No. 782-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2004 Media Contact: Marine Corps Public Affairs - (703) 614-4309 Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant John
R. Howard, 26, of Covington, Virginia
Both Marines died August 11, 2004, in a helicopter crash in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Howard was assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. Hubbard was assigned to the Command Element, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The incident is under investigation. HUBBARD, TAVON L., LCpl, USMC Suddenly on Wednesday, August 11, 2004, in Al Tagaddam, Iraq, TAVON L. HUBBARD. Husband of Evelyn Reyes-Hubbard; son of Elmer C. Robinson, Jr. and the late Lisa Hubbard Baker; father of Lanise and Alexis; brother of Tiana Hubbard, Jonathan C. Robinson and Andre D. Baker. Also survived by his paternal grandparents, Lottie and Elmer C. Robinson, Sr.; maternal grandmother, Margaret Hubbard; mother-in-law, Diana Herbst; father-in-law, Enrique Reyes; numerous aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. The late LCpl Hubbard will lie in state on
Friday, September 3 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1601 S. 13th Rd., Arlington,
Virginia, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. Rev. James
E. Victor, Pastor. Interment Arlington National Cemetery at 1 p.m. with
Military Honors.
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Posted: 12 March 2005 Updated: 21 August 2005 Updated: 14 May 2008 |
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