Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar has died in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
It happened on Monday in the volatile al-Anbar province.
His father describes him as somebody who always befriended those who didn't have any friends.
He once donated a kidney to save an uncle.
In 2004, Staff Sgt. Plouhar was one of two Marines seen vigorously recruiting teenagers for military service in Michael Moore's film, Fahrenheit 911.
It would almost be funny if it weren't so utterly tragic.
He was scheduled to come home in 38 days.
Staff Sgt. Plouhar leaves behind a wife, and two children who aren't old enough to understand war, irony, or the fact that their father's death will surely be exploited by both sides of the obscene struggle for hearts, minds and votes here at home.
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