steven
August 17th, 2007, 01:20 PM
A ceremony remembering and honoring a local hero will take place Friday morning in Kings Bay, Georgia.
A barracks at the Naval Submarine Base there will be named for Corporal Jason Dunham of Scio. The Allegany County native was assigned to the security force company at Kings Bay from 2001 until 2003.
Dunham was killed by a grenade blast in Iraq in April, 2004. He used his helmet and body to shield his fellow Marines from harm. He died of his injuries eight days later.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=50267
A barracks at the Naval Submarine Base there will be named for Corporal Jason Dunham of Scio. The Allegany County native was assigned to the security force company at Kings Bay from 2001 until 2003.
Dunham was killed by a grenade blast in Iraq in April, 2004. He used his helmet and body to shield his fellow Marines from harm. He died of his injuries eight days later.
http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=50267