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- David Chirinos, a former Marine Corps corporal who served in Afghanistan, died of complications of cancer and liver failure Sept. 13 at his Parkville home. He was 27.
- Dr. Garfield D. Kington, an inner city physician who was a familiar and comforting presence to his West Baltimore patients for decades, died Aug. 3 of multiple myeloma at his Northwest Baltimore home. He was 91.
- Eight months after having his right leg amputated below the knee, volunteer firefighter William Fisher has returned to duty at the Odenton Volunteer Fire Company.
- On Friday, March 21, the Bel Air Moose Lodge, 310 E. Jarrettsville Road in Forest Hill, hosted Joseph R. Koons, Supreme Governor of the Loyal Order of Moose
- Alcuin H. "Al" Krebs, a retired city public schools reading resource teacher and World War II combat Marine, died Monday of Alzheimer's disease at Brightwood assisted living in Catonsville. He was 86.
- Sol Kramer, who turned a Depression-era 15-cent balsa wood toy airplane business into a leading wholesale hobby empire, died of pneumonia April 24 at Hospice by the Sea in Pompano Beach, Fla. The former Pikesville resident was 96.
- Charles Nelson Wells, a retired owner of a printing firm and a World War II veteran later honored for his service with a Congressional Gold Medal, died of a blood disorder Feb. 12 at Sinai Hospital. He was 87 and lived in Lochearn.
- Family and friends of Lance Cpl. Eugene 'Gene' Mills III gathered at Grace Community Church on Tuesday to mourn the loss of the 21-year-old Laurel Marine who was killed in a skirmish in Afghanistan on June 22.
- Sun food editor Sarah Kelber chronicles her family's journey: divided by war, united by birth
- Lance Cpl. Eugene C. "Gene" Mills III is remembered by his family as a patriot who loved the Marine Corps. and serving his country, a goal of his ever since Sept. 11, 2001.
- Lifelong Catonsville resident William Foreman will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for his role as one of the nation's first black Marines.
- The remains of Lance Cpl. Eugene C. Mills III, 21, of Laurel, who was known by some of his Marine comrades as "Gino Bambino," were scheduled to arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., shortly before noon Monday, according to a family friend.
- Lance Cpl. Eugene C. Mills III, 21, died in combat in Helmand province, the Pentagon said.
- Some 4,000 sailors and Marines have just left Baltimore after a week of Sailabration, the maritime festival marking the bicentennial of the War of 1812. While their ships were berthed in the harbor, they took in the sights, sampled the fare and lent their time and talent to community service.
- Seven decades after President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the last whites-only branch of the military to accept African-Americans, the first black Marines are being recognized for their service.
- A 19-year-old North Carolina Marine was found dead in his Fort Meade barracks room Wednesday.
- When the Anne Arundel County Council began the process of selecting a candidate to fill the vacancy on the council last month, they whittled the 10 applicants down to two. And then they got stuck.
- Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, our country has engaged in two wars, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.
- Wyatt Cameron "Cammy" Slack, a retired Maryland National Bank executive and Korean War veteran, died Friday of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 83.
- Wyatt Cameron "Cammy" Slack, a retired Maryland National Bank executive and Korean War veteran, died Friday of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 83.