Marine Master Sgt. Timothy Toney

Died March 27, 2004 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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37, of Manhattan in New York City; assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died March 27 as a result of a non-combat related incident at Camp Wolverine, Kuwait.

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As if he didn't have his hands full with all of his regular Marine duties, Master Sgt. Timothy Toney found time to contribute even more: coaching a Marine Corps basketball team, as well as children's baseball, basketball and softball teams. The 19-year Marine Corps veteran was "a great humanitarian, a great person, a loving husband and also a Marine," Master Sgt. Guy Williams said. "You never give up the competitiveness of being a Marine. That's one of the things that he really cherished. That and helping out junior Marines, and Marines above him and his peers." Toney, 37, of Columbia, S.C., died March 27 of non-combat causes in Kuwait. He was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Survivors include his wife, Delores Baise, twin 4-year-old daughters, Tiara and Tiana, and three stepchildren. "He was the best son, brother, father, husband anyone could ever ask for," said his father, Richard Holmes.

— Associated Press