Superior Marine Killed in Iraq. The first Superior resident was killed in the war in Iraq on Saturday. 21 year old Adam Van Alstine. I did not know the young man, however in reading the paper and talking to people that did know him. It seemed like his love for this country was very strong and many say all the can remember him talking about was going into the Marine's.
It is unfurtinet this young man's dream did not last nearly long enough. In reading the story in the Duluth news tribune,
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/13979835.htm
Family and friends remember him as a fun loving young man. His sister said "he was a happy, humorous and extremerly patriotic."
As long as anyone can remember, Adam Van Alstine wanted to be a United States Marine.
Last year, his dream came true. But it didn't last long for the native of Superior's East End.
On Saturday, along a road in Ramadi, Iraq, Lance Cpl. Van Alstine, 21, died when a bomb exploded. Three other members of his unit were injured, friends and family confirmed Monday. Violence in the war-torn country has surged over the past week.
"All I know is that he was on patrol. We don't know what happened," Van Alstine's sister, Dawn "Dee" Meyers, said in a phone interview with the News Tribune.
Thank you very much for your service.
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