Lance Corporal Benjamin Robert Carman
Thursday April 15, 2004
Lance Corporal Benjamin Robert Carman, 20, of Jefferson, Iowa died April 6, 2004. He was born to Nelson and Marie Carman on February 9, 1984, in Jefferson, Iowa. Ben graduated from Jefferson-Scranton High School in 2002. He was active in football, golf, V.I.C.A, the Assembly of God church, and his other interests included hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, and volunteering at the skating rink. Ben enlisted in the Marines delayed entry program his senior year of high school. He left for basic training on September 9, 2002. Ben graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot basic training in San Diego, California, on December 6, 2002. He then attended the School of Infantry at Camp Pendleton, California and graduated on March 11, 2003. Ben was assigned to the U.S.S. Essex aircraft carrier in the Okinawa, Japan area. He returned to Camp Pendleton on June 13, 2003, and underwent further training in heavy weapons and survival. Ben was deployed to Kuwait on February 16, 2004. On March 10 he left Kuwait for Iraq where he was later killed by hostile fire on April 6, 2004. He is survived by his parents Nelson and Marie Carman of Jefferson; brother James of Jefferson; sister Catherine Wilson, her husband Brian, children Caden and Sadie of Churdan; sister Amelia of Jefferson; grandmother Adabelle Carman of Jefferson; aunts and uncles Gayle and Doug Clark of Dallas City, IL; Deb and Jim Nelson of Jefferson; Adrienne and Rich Smith of Jefferson; Doug and Karen Carman of Jefferson; Tom and Mary Hyde of Clear Lake; and Ann and Mark Moyer of Brashear, MO; great-aunt Alice Nipps of Jefferson; 13 cousins, and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by paternal grandfather Robert Carman, maternal grandfather Earl Hyde, maternal grandmother Beverly Hyde, and uncle Dan Hyde. Ben Carman Memorial Fund
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