Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Stevenson

Died July 13, 2008 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

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20, of Newton, N.J.; assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif; died July 13 in Taqaddum, Iraq, from a non-hostile accident.

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Obituary: Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Stevenson, USMC

(Morristown, N.J.) Daily Record

STILLWATER — Lance Cpl. Jeffery S. Stevenson, USMC, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, in Iraq. He was 20.

Born in Stroudsburg, Pa., Lance Cpl.. Stevenson spent his early childhood in Marshalls Creek, Pa. He was a 2006 graduate of Kittatinny Regional High School, and joined the Marine Corps six months after his graduation from high school. Lance Cpl. Stevenson was a USMC machinist with the 7th Engineers Support Battalion, 1st Marine Division, stationed in Camp Pendleton in San Diego. He was a loving, respectful son and a happy, smiling kid.

Lance Cpl. Stevenson joined the Marines knowing full well what could happen, but he didn’t let that stop him. When he wanted something, Lance Cpl. Stevenson did not let anything stand in his way.

Lance Cpl. Stevenson is survived by his mother and father, Karen and Joe Solarino of Stillwater; his brother and best friend, Senior Airman Robert L. Stevenson, who is stationed at Fort Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyo.; his sister-in-law, Brienne Stevenson, and his niece, Taylor Stevenson, also of Cheyenne; his maternal grandparents, Robert and Shirley Newton of Marshalls Creek, Pa.; and many aunts, uncles and close cousins.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church of Newton, 54 High St., Newton. Interment will follow in Stillwater Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at the Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, 63 High St., Newton.

Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warriors, 10730 Pacific St., Suite 10, Omaha, Neb., 68114.