California’s War Dead

    Chase S. Marta

    Chase S. Marta, 24

    Army, Specialist
    Ghazni province, Afghanistan
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Yuba City
    He wasn't just a soldier. He was a good person. We lost a good person.
    — Karyn Stone, mother

    Marta was one of three soldiers killed May 7, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.
    Times obituary
    Los Angeles Times: Soldier from Northern California killed in Afghanistan
    « Brian L. Walker, 05/13/2012
    Thomas K. Fogarty, 05/06/2012 »
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