{"id":865,"date":"2019-01-02T19:05:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T02:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=865"},"modified":"2019-01-03T19:43:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T02:43:12","slug":"marine-cpl-keaton-g-coffey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/marine-cpl-keaton-g-coffey\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/thefallen\/keaton-coffey-6568205.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-57f51ed7e3c40867\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marine Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Died May 24, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\t\t\n 22, of Boring, Ore.; assigned to 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, 1st \nMarine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton,\n Calif.; died May 24 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting \ncombat operations.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marine killed in Afghanistan had July wedding set<\/strong><br><br><em>The Associated Press<\/em><br><br>\n BORING, Ore. \u2014 A 22-year-old Oregon Marine who died in combat in \nAfghanistan earlier this week had been making plans for a July wedding.<br><br>\n Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey of Boring was killed Thursday in Helmand province, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2012\/05\/marine-pendleton-casualty-afghanistan-keaton-coffey-052612w\/\">a Defense Department statement said<\/a>.<br><br>\n Coffey was on his second tour in Afghanistan and planned to marry a woman he met through his mother, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/happy-valley\/index.ssf\/2012\/05\/cpl_keaton_coffey_killed_in_af.html\">The Oregonian reported<\/a>. Gifts had been registered at Bed, Bath &amp; Beyond, and invitations had been sent, the newspaper said.<br><br>\n Coffey graduated from Damascus Christian School in 2007 and briefly attended George Fox University before joining the Marines.<br><br>\n His former principal, Tim Oakley, said he was polite, respectful and \nkind \u2014 \u201cevery parent\u2019s dream.\u201d Coffey wasn\u2019t an \u201cout front\u201d leader at \nthe school, but his fellow students liked him well enough that they \nelected him student body president during his senior year, Oakley said.<br><br>\n Linda Urbanowski, a history teacher at the school, said Coffey had \ngotten a tattoo in honor of one of his best friends from training camp \nwho had died during his first tour.<br><br>\n \u201cI know he grieved deeply,\u201d she said. \u201cI was going to see him soon, and he was going to show me that tattoo.\u201d<br><br>\n Coffey\u2019s father has spent more than 35 years at Portland Fire &amp; \nRescue. The younger Coffey had hoped to become a firefighter after he \nwas done with the Marines, Urbanowski said.\t\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey Died May 24, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom 22, of Boring, Ore.; assigned to 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, 1st Marine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 24 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations. 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