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Jason D Peto

Vancouver, Washington

December 7, 2010

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Marine

Sgt

3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Camp Pendleton, California

Died Dec. 7 from wounds received Nov. 24 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Welcoming Home Our Hero, click photo below:

December 14, 2010

For Memorial Service Snapshots, Click photo below:

December 18, 2010

Escorting Our Hero From Camas, WA to Portland Air National Guard Base, Click photo below:

December 21, 2010

Honoring Sgt Jason Peto, Click photo below:

December 23, 2010 Photos curtsey of Sue Moore

Funeral scheduled for Wash. Marine

The Associated Press

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A funeral has been scheduled for a Marine from Vancouver, Wash., who died of combat injuries suffered in Afghanistan.

A public Mass for 31-year-old Sgt. Jason D. Peto is set for 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Vancouver. A graveside service with military honors will follow on Dec. 23 in Riverside, Calif.

The Defense Department said Peto died Tuesday at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland from wounds received Nov. 24 in Helmand province.

Peto was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Born in Montebello, Calif., he moved to Vancouver in 1990, graduated from Mountain View High School and attended Clark College. He joined the Marines in 2004.

He married his high school sweetheart, Tiffany, in 2005.