Galen Wilson
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A sniper in the United States Marine Corps, Lance Corporal Galen Wilson is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Regiment.[1]
Married, with two children, he recorded 20 confirmed kills in his two tours of duty in the Iraq War. Six of those kills were in a single day.[1]
The son of a Navy SEAL[1], Wilson is a devout Catholic.[2]
He was wounded by a piece of shrapnel in his throat.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c USA Today, Marine sniper metes out swift death in Iraq's most dangerous neighborhood, July 29 2006
- ^ St. Petersburg Times, The self-examined sniper, July 30 2006
- ^ Filkins, Dexter. New York Times, In Ramadi, Fetid Quarters and Unrelenting Battles, July 4 2006
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