Brad
S. Shuder signed up for the Marine Corps soon after his 18th birthday, making
for a dramatic change in lifestyle: He was a gourmet cook who wanted to open a
bakery, a man who wore designer fashions and took dates to the opera. "He
was a genuine person," said his longtime friend Kurt Hall. "He was
someone who you could trust to be a real friend when you needed one." The
21-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine from El Dorado Hills, Calif., was killed April
12 from hostile fire in Anbar province. Lance Cpl. Shuder seemed to know he
might die on his second tour in Iraq. "He told us that he felt he wouldn't
be coming back," his father, Glenn Shuder, said. But he wouldn't listen to
his family's pleas to request a change in assignment. He felt it was his duty to
return, his parents said. "From the time he was a youngster, he always
wanted to be in the military," his father said. "He always said it was
every American's duty to serve in the military."
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| Age: |
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21 |
| Hometown: |
El Dorado Hills, CA |
| Date of Death: |
4/12/2004 |
| Incident Location: |
Anbar province, Iraq |
| Branch of Military: |
|
Marines |
| Rank: |
Lance Cpl. |
| Unit: |
2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditio |
| Unit's Base: |
Camp Pendleton, Calif. |
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