John T. Fralish II
Died: February 6, 2006
Rank: Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class
Unit: 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment
Branch: U.S. Navy
Hospital Corpsman Third Class John Thomas Fralish II died from chest wounds incurred when enemy forces fired on his patrol northwest of Methar Lam in the Gownapal Valley in Afghanistan on February 6, 2006. He was serving as a hospital corpsman for the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The 30-year-old Sailor was garrisoned at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. On February 18, 2006, Fralish’s funeral services took place at the Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home and his burial followed at the Cumberland Valley Memorial Gardens in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. An honor guard from Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Pennsylvania, provided full military honors.
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