Carrie Castiglione receives roses during a memorial ceremony for her late son, Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin P. Castiglione on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Nov. 3, 2017. Castiglione was a hospital corpsman assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and Howell, Michigan native. He was was killed by an improvised explosive device in Qal Yeh Now, Afghanistan Sept. 3rd, 2009 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was 21. The battalion named its aid station after Castiglione during the ceremony, which was attended by his family, friends and fellow Marines and sailors. ( Marine


Carrie Castiglione receives roses during a memorial ceremony for her late son, Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin P. Castiglione on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Nov. 3, 2017. Castiglione was a hospital corpsman assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and Howell, Michigan native. He was was killed by an improvised explosive device in Qal Yeh Now, Afghanistan Sept. 3rd, 2009 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was 21. The battalion named its aid station after Castiglione during the ceremony, which was attended by his family, friends and fellow Marines and sailors. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan)


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