Andrew K Farrar Jr

Weymouth, Massachusetts

January 28, 2005

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Marine

Sgt

Service Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Died due to a non-hostile related incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Farrar died on his 31st birthday after running into a high-voltage line Jan. 28, 2005, while searching for insurgents. He was near the end of his rotation in Iraq, and was planning to head home to his wife -- Melissa, his high-school sweetheart from Weymouth -- and two children in North Carolina. Relatives said he was devoted to the Marines, but was looking forward to a break after months of duty in Iraq.