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Mar 15, 2008 3:26 pm US/Eastern
Fallen Marine To Be Honored At St. Patty's Parade
BOSTON (AP) ―
A platoon of Marines will honor a fallen comrade by marching in Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade.
Walter O'Haire, a Marine lance corporal from Rockland, loved the parade so much that last year, he left Camp Lejeune in North Carolina without permission and drove all night to see it.
He was killed in May in Iraq, six days before his 21st birthday.
This year, in a tribute to O'Haire, 22 Marines from his platoon will march in the parade on Sunday. O'Haire's family and friends will wave from the street corner where he watched the parade last year.
The Marines will carry a sign in the parade in honor of their platoon and O'Haire. A memorial Mass also is planned for Saturday at St. Vincent Church in South Boston.
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