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Family Releases Camp Pendleton Marine's Final Letter (Video)

Sgt. William Stacey with his girlfriend Kimmy Kirkwood
Stacey family photo / Seattle Times
Sgt. William Stacey with his girlfriend Kimmy Kirkwood

Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. William Stacey was killed January 31 by an IED while on foot patrol in Afghanistan. Last week Home Post shared a war correspondent's memories of the 23-year-old sergeant. Lawrence Dabney had been embedded with Stacey's squad in Afghanistan. Dabney wrote of Stacey:

Now Stacey's family is giving us more information about what kind of man Stacey was. The Stacey family shared with the Seattle Times a letter he left for them in case he did not make it back from Afghanistan alive.

The letter reads, in part:

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Seattle television station KOMO-TV has more on the Stacey family: