Lest we forget

Marine Sgt. Chad M. Allen, 25, of Maple Lake, Minn., was killed when a bomb exploded near the light-armored vehicle he was driving in Iraq's Anbar Province

Maple Lake Marine killed in Iraq

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Allen joined the Marines the day after the Sept. 11 attacks, said his mother, Deborah Allen, also of Danbury. "He was going to save his family from harm," she said Thursday.



My son served in Anbar Province for 6 months.