Marine Cpl. Jacob H. Turbett

Died February 13, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom

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21, of Canton, Mich.; assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Feb. 13 while supporting combat operations in Marjah, Afghanistan.

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Family says Marine dies in Afghanistan

The Associated Press

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Marine from Michigan who would have turned 22 on St. Patrick’s Day has been killed in Afghanistan, his family said.

The remains of Cpl. Jacob H. Turbett were returned Feb. 15 to Dover Air Force Base, Del.

His wife, Crystal, said her husband grew up in Canton Township in Wayne County, west of Detroit. She said the military told her that Turbett died Feb. 13.

Other details were not immediately available, and his wife said funeral arrangements were incomplete.

Turbett wrote on his Facebook page that he was a 2007 graduate of Canton High School and was serving as a combat engineer. His unit was based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Combat engineer, rifleman killed in Helmand

Staff report

Two Marines died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, this week as the result of separate hostile incidents, according to II Marine Expeditionary Force press releases.

Cpl. Jacob H. Turbett, 21, of Canton, Mich., died Feb. 13 while supporting combat operations in the southern province, which has been the focus of Marine operations in Afghanistan since early 2008. Turbett was a combat engineer assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion. He joined the Marine Corps in January 2007 and deployed to Iraq from September 2008 to March 2009. He deployed to Afghanistan in December 2009.

Pfc. Jason H. Estopinal, 21, of Dallas, Ga., died Feb. 15, also while supporting combat operations. He was a rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines. He joined the Marines in February 2009 and deployed to Afghanistan in December 2009.

It was not immediately clear if the two were killed during the assault on the city of Marjah, which began early Feb. 13. Marjah has for years been a Taliban stronghold and drug trafficking hotspot beyond control of Afghanistan’s central government.

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Flags lowered for Mich. Marine

The Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff statewide to honor a Marine from suburban Detroit who was killed in Afghanistan.

Flags were lowered March 8 for 21-year-old Cpl. Jacob Turbett of Canton Township, Wayne County.

The Defense Department says Turbett died Feb. 13 during an offensive against the Taliban in Helmand province.

Turbett wrote on his Facebook page that he was a 2007 graduate of Canton High School and was serving as a combat engineer. He was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Sheila Turbett says her son is to be buried March 9 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.