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LCpl. Howard March, Jr.

(reprinted from WGRZ.com, October 3, 2006)

Funeral for WNY Marine

 
Funeral arrangements are now in place for a local Marine killed in Iraq

Lance Cpl. Howard S. March Jr., 20, of Buffalo, N.Y., died Sunday while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

A wake will be held at the Lombardo Funeral Home at 855 Niagara Falls Boulevard (near Eggert)on Monday and Tuesday from 1pm to 8pm.

A Funeral mass will be held Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 11am at the New Mount Ararat Temple of Prayer Church on Jefferson Avenue, near High Street.

Internment will be at Forest Lawn Cemetary.

March was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

March is a graduate of Hutch-Tech High School. He also ran track. He was last home in July.