Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony A. Dilisio

Died May 30, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom

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20, of Macomb, Mich.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 30 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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Marine from Macomb County killed in Afghanistan

By Zlati Meyer

Detroit Free Press

A 20-year-old Marine from Macomb Township died Sunday in Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense.

Lance Cpl. Anthony Dilisio was supporting combat operations in Helmand Province.

He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

“They stopped to check on a truck. They were ambushed and a battle ensued,” David Dilisio said this morning about his nephew, who served as a mortar man.

Anthony Dilisio, a graduate of Dakota High School who swam and played football and baseball, enlisted approximately two years ago and was deployed in December, according to David Dilisio. He was scheduled to come home at the end of July or early August.

“He was a people person and he was always compelled to give back in some way,” David Dilisio recalled. “He wanted to serve in some capacity, whether it was as a firefighter or a police officer or a Marine, which to him was the pinnacle.”

Anthony Dilisio’s father, Lorenzo, himself an Army veteran, and two of Anthony’s five siblings, flew to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and are scheduled to return with the body to Selfridge Air National Guard Base on Friday, according to David Dilisio. He’ll be buried in Resurrection Cemetery in Clinton Township.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Anthony Dilisio, who was engaged to be married, also enjoyed golf and music, his uncle said.

“He was a very personable guy,” he added. “He had a big heart. He had a lot of friends. There are a lot of kids in the family, who looked up to him.”

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Flags to be lowered for Macomb Marine

The Associated Press

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

Flags are to be lowered June 7 for 20-year-old Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio, who died May 30 in Helmand province while supporting combat operations.

His funeral service will be June 7 at St. Paul of Tarsus Catholic Church in Clinton Township. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Plans move ahead to rename post office for Marine

The Associated Press

MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Plans are moving forward to rename a suburban Detroit post office in honor of a Marine from Michigan who died in 2010 while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan.

U.S. Rep. Candice Miller of Michigan said the U.S. House recently passed a bill to rename a post office in Macomb County as the Lance Cpl. Anthony A. DiLisio Clinton-Macomb Carrier Annex. Miller says in a statement she was honored to have sponsored the bill as a tribute to the Marine.

The U.S. Senate now takes up the measure.

The 20-year-old from Macomb Township died May 30, 2010. He was part of the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.