Updated at 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Kaneohe-based sailor killed in Afghanistan
Advertiser Staff
A Navy hospital corpsman stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i, Kane'ohe Bay, died Tuesday from wounds suffered in combat operations in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, the Pentagon confirmed today.The corpsman was identified as Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark R. Cannon, 31, of Lubbock, Texas, who was assigned to the 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Cannon reported to Hawai'i in November 2005, 1st Lt. Binford R. Strickland, deputy director of public affairs for Marine Corps Base Hawai'i, said in a news release yesterday.
Cannon's awards include the Purple Heart, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Navy Good Conduct Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and Expert Pistol Shot Ribbon, Strickland said.
According to the Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal's Web site, Cannon died of gunshot wounds to the chest.
Cannon was a graduate of Coronado High School in Lubbock and is the son of Tom and Becky Cannon, according to the Avalanche-Journal. The newspaper's Web site reported the corpsman's father is a former Lubbock County court-at-law judge and his mother was executive director of the Lubbock Rape Crisis Center for 30 years.
