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Christopher Monahan

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Marine Killed In Afghanistan Left Behind Wife, Three Children

Funeral arrangements announced for 25-year-old Christopher Monahan of Island Heights

Christopher M. Monahan's last tour of duty in the Middle East was his third deployment away from his wife and three small children. The young man joined the U.S. Marines after he graduated from Central Regional High School in 2006. He lived most of his life in Ocean Gate, but had moved to Island Heights before his deployment, according to his obituary from Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home in Toms River. Monahan - a Marine Corps motor vehicle operator assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force - was killed on Nov. 26 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said earlier this week. The 2006 graduate of…

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ricardo w johnson

11:11 am on Friday, December 7, 2012

I knew Chris....u a**hole and as far as I am concerned he was the ultimate hero, and the husband of my daughter Sarah....yes he was my son-in-law and most of my family was in the military, including myself and my son who recently came back safely. But u my friend if I can call u that do not know about honor, dedication, or anything else so go back to the hole where u came from and thank GOD above…   more ›

Friday, November 30, 2012

2005 Central Regional High School Graduate Killed In Afghanistan

Department of Defense announces that Marine Cpl. Christopher M. Monahan died on Monday on combat duty

Sadly, there will soon be five plaques at Central Regional High School's War Memorial for fallen alumni killed in foreign wars. Almost a month to the day after the memorial was dedicated, Marine Cpl. Christopher M. Monahan Jr. was killed on Nov. 26, the Department of Defense announced today. Monahan, 25, Island Heights, died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the defense department said. He was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, the D.O.D. said. He was a 2005 graduate of Central Regional and the second Central graduate killed in action in little more than a year. Army Sgt. John A. …

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