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April 12, 2006

West Warwick Marine remembered for his courage / Updated

Journal photo / John Freidah
The body of Marine Cpl. Brian St. Germain of West Warwick, who died in Iraq, is transported to Holy Apostles Church in Cranston for a Mass of Christian Burial.

CRANSTON -- A West Warwick Marine who was killed in Iraq was remembered today as a courageous young man who put his life at risk for his country.

Cpl. Brian St. Germain died April 2 when the truck he was in rolled over in a flash flood in Al Anbar province. He was 22.

Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral service this morning at Holy Apostles Church in Cranston. Governor Carcieri and the Rhode Island Congressional delegation attended.

The Rev. Richard Sheahan said St. Germain didn't back down from a challenge and had willingly put his life at risk.

People wept as his casket was carried out of the chapel.

St. Germain graduated from West Warwick High School in 2001. He was an all-state hurdler on the school's track and field team and an honors student.

Yesterday, uniformed Marines lined the entryway to the funeral home, as hundreds of mourners gathered for St. Germain’s wake.

Germain was later buried with military honors at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter.

-- Journal staff and wire reports

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