Andrew Halverson
Date of Death: 10/09/2004
Age: 19
Incident Location: Anbar province, Iraq
Hometown: Grant
Branch of Service: Marines
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
Unit Base: Camp Pendleton, California
Marine Pfc. Andrew Halverson, 19, of Grant, Wisconsin, died on October 9, 2004, a day shy of his 20th birthday, as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Anthony Broadbent, president of the southwestern Wisconsin village of Muscoda, said Halverson graduated from the local high school with Broadbent’s daughter. Halverson was known as a “character,” who was involved in many school and community activities, Broadbent said.
Broadbent’s daughter, Rebecca, told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Halverson seemed confident after learning he was headed to Iraq. “He didn’t really say much at all,” Broadbent said. “He just said: ‘I’m going over to Iraq." She said the tall, muscular, brown-haired Halverson, a former Riverdale Chieftain football player, returned from Marine Corps basic training much leaner than before he left. “He wanted to fight for our community and country,” she said. “He liked to joke around. He was voted the class clown in our senior year of high school,” she said. “He got along with anybody and everybody.”
Anthony Broadbent, president of the southwestern Wisconsin village of Muscoda, said Halverson graduated from the local high school with Broadbent’s daughter. Halverson was known as a “character,” who was involved in many school and community activities, Broadbent said.
Broadbent’s daughter, Rebecca, told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Halverson seemed confident after learning he was headed to Iraq. “He didn’t really say much at all,” Broadbent said. “He just said: ‘I’m going over to Iraq." She said the tall, muscular, brown-haired Halverson, a former Riverdale Chieftain football player, returned from Marine Corps basic training much leaner than before he left. “He wanted to fight for our community and country,” she said. “He liked to joke around. He was voted the class clown in our senior year of high school,” she said. “He got along with anybody and everybody.”