In Memory OfHM3 Christopher W. Thompson

HM3 Christopher W. Thompson, 25, U.S. Navy, born July 30, 1980, was killed in action on October 21, 2005. Thompson served as a Hospital Corpsman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment and deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom. While conducting a mounted patrol in Al Anbar Province, his Humvee was struck by a roadside bomb. Thompson and three of his brothers-in-arms did not survive the blast. For his service, he earned a Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with "V" device. Fair winds and following seas, Hero! Til Valhalla, Brother!