Jason Hanson

Age:   21 Hometown: Forks, WA Date of Death: 7/29/2006 Incident Location: Anbar province, Iraq Branch of Military:   Marines Rank: Pfc Unit: 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine E Unit's Base: Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Hanson had "wisdom beyond his years," said his mother, and he received a number of awards while in the Marines. When he graduated from boot camp, his mother said she watched a man become a Marine. His dreams of entering the military started when he was 14. "He believed in fighting for his country," she said. He will be remembered by his family and friends as a small-town boy who loved fishing, music and motorcycles, Carol Hanson said. "He had such a good spirit and it showed through his eyes," she said. "He was a nice kid who grew up to be a nice man. He had a way of smiling that made you forget you were mad

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