Randal Kent Rosacker, 21

Marines, Corporal

Based: Camp Lejeune, N.C.

1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, II Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: March 23, 2003

Nasiriya, Iraq

Married

Gender: Male

Hometown: San Diego

High School: Serra High (San Diego)

Burial: Colorado State Veterans Center, Homelake, Colo.

Rosacker's father was command master chief on the U.S. submarine Alabama when his son was killed. He had tried to discourage his son from enlisting immediately after high school, urging him to pursue his athletic talents in college instead.

Patrick Terence O'Day, 03/25/2003

Jorge Alonso Gonzalez, 03/23/2003

Eight memories of Randal Kent Rosacker

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I met the father at the Submarine base at Bangor, WA shortly after his son's death. Their hearts were broken and I will never forget meeting his dad and the hurt he is feeling over losing his son. He told me he had a memorial in his yard honoring his son. I went and bought some praying hands and put Randal's name on the bottom of it in his memory. I tried to get those praying hands to the father to put at their son's memorial but could never find him. Those same praying hands have moved with us several times. They are now a fixture in our home and I think of Randal and his dad and mom and the hurt and suffering of giving their son's life for our country. I just made a donation to Rivers of Recovery in Randal's name. We will never forget and I will never forget meeting you and those praying hands and Randal will be always be in our hearts and in our home as a reminder.

” — LCDR (Ret) and Mrs. Christopher Harrington, March 10, 2013 at 11:06 p.m.

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