Petty Officer Third Class Lee Hamilton Deal
Born: April 13, 1983
Died: May 17, 2006 in Al Anbar, Iraq
Petty Officer Third Class Lee Hamilton Deal of West Monroe, Louisiana attended West Monroe High School where he played football, soccer, baseball and golf. As an All-State kicker on West Monroe’s national championship team in 2000, he hoped to continue playing football in college and went to LSU. He was quick with a smile and a joke, but also had a serious side that drove him to succeed. The biggest thing about Lee is he had compassion. He never wanted anybody to feel bad. You would be around him and you couldn’t help but feel better if you were down. He made friends easily and quickly became popular with classmates when he moved to West Monroe in junior high school, where he was elected president of the student council. Everyone seemed to love him. Lee experienced some disappointments and had some ups and downs after high school, but he grew up and made a decision to join the Navy where he found his passion. Known as “Doc” by his military peers, he was an outspoken, energetic, funny, caring man who once performed first aid on a cow because that was part of what he saw as his responsibility. His military education includes, training at Naval Hospital Corps School and later Field Medical Service School at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion, he was assigned to Reconnaissance Indoctrination Course at Camp Pendleton and then Reconnaissance Basic Course at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California. Other training assignments included Marine Combatant Divers Course in Panama City, Florida, Dive Medicine Course at Naval Dive and Salvage Center in Panama City, Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Joint Special Operations Combat Medical Course at the Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Some of his Awards and Decorations include, the Purple Heart with gold star in lieu of second award, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Lee died at age 23 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He is survived by his fiancée, Margaret, his grandparents, Charlotte and Nick Hamilton, his mother, Melanie Deal, his father, Harry B. Deal, and a brother, Justin.
Navy
Regimental Combat Team-5
I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
permanently assigned to
2nd Marine Division
Fleet Marine Force Atlantic
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Burial is at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Calhoun, Louisiana
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