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A man moved by the death of a young Marine in Iraq has painted a 30-foot-wide mural of the Marine on the side of a barn.
Duane Richard never met Lance Cpl. Brett Wightman, 22, who was one of 14 Marines who died August 3 when their vehicle was hit by an explosive during combat operations south of Haditha, Iraq.
But after a recent visit to Wightman's grave, Richard cried and vowed to make sure no one forgot the serviceman.
The giant mural -- painted on the side of a barn on property owned by Richard's parents in Sabina, where Wightman went to high school -- depicts the Marine in his dress uniform and hat.
Wightman's mother, Pam Saville, drives past it every day.
On Friday, she got out of the car at the barn for the first time.
She stared at the face she will carry in her heart until the day she dies.
"Brett would be laughing at this," she said. "He would have said, 'Are you believing this, Mom?' When people say my son will never be forgotten, I think this is what they mean. Brett will never be in the past."
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/02/marines_mural.html
Duane Richard never met Lance Cpl. Brett Wightman, 22, who was one of 14 Marines who died August 3 when their vehicle was hit by an explosive during combat operations south of Haditha, Iraq.
But after a recent visit to Wightman's grave, Richard cried and vowed to make sure no one forgot the serviceman.
The giant mural -- painted on the side of a barn on property owned by Richard's parents in Sabina, where Wightman went to high school -- depicts the Marine in his dress uniform and hat.
Wightman's mother, Pam Saville, drives past it every day.
On Friday, she got out of the car at the barn for the first time.
She stared at the face she will carry in her heart until the day she dies.
"Brett would be laughing at this," she said. "He would have said, 'Are you believing this, Mom?' When people say my son will never be forgotten, I think this is what they mean. Brett will never be in the past."
http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/10/02/marines_mural.html
