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Name: Marine Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason
Age: 20
From: Suprise, Ariz.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. John M. Holmason was killed Dec. 1 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Fallujah, Iraq. Also
Died:
December
01, 2005
Painted tribute: Mother honors fallen son with Hummer memorial
Karla Comfort wants to share her son�s memory with everyone on the road.
Her son, Lance Cpl. John Holmason, and nine other leathernecks from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, were killed by a roadside bomb in Fallujah, Iraq, in December.
Comfort has since created a moving memorial.
�I saw a Vietnam [War] memorial on a car, and I said to my son Josh, �We should do something like that for John,�� she said.
She bought a Hummer H3 in January and took it to AirbrushGuy & Co. in Benton, Ark., where artist Robert Powell spent 250 hours changing the black vehicle into a piece of patriotic art.
Comfort requested Powell include her son in his dress blues with the faces of the nine other Marines. He also included Marines carrying their fallen comrades to their final resting place, an American flag across the hood and the words �Semper Fi� on the...
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| Prayers & Condolences For: John M. Holmason BY Anonymous on Nov 07, 2009 | | | Robert and Melba AlexanderEl Reno, OklahomaYou are in our thoughts and prayers.God Bless
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| Prayers & Condolences For: John M. Holmason BY bigwayne on Mar 20, 2006 | | | Freedom and liberty Can't come without cost I weep for the soldiers Our country has lost.
My hearfelt condolences go out to all of John's family and friends.
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