Souder Bill Honoring Fribley Passed By House
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The post office is at 216 E. Main St., Atwood.
The bill will be sent to the Senate for approval.
Lance Corporal Fribley, 26, was killed in action March 23, 2003, near the An Nasiriyah region in Iraq. He was the first Hoosier to fall in Operation Iraq Freedom.
Born and raised in Atwood, Fribley joined the Marines following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. His parents, Gary and Linda, reside in Warsaw. He also leaves behind a brother, Steve, and a sister, Ann.[[In-content Ad]]Fribley graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1996 where he was an all-conference football player and a track and field star.
In June 2006, the Young Tigers Football organization named their new field after Fribley.
He graduated with a degree in recreational business administration from Indiana State University. After college, he moved to Fort Meyers, Fla., where he arranged activities for Shell Point retirement community until Sept. 11, 2001. After 9/11, he joined the Marine Corps.
He was assigned to the first battalion, second Marine regime and second Marine expeditionary brigade in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
U.S. Congressman Mark Souder spoke about his support for the bill Tuesday during the U.S. House of Representatives session.
"There's probably nothing more upsetting to members of Congress than to know that the difficult decision that we've made here have resulted in the deaths of young men and women in battle," Souder said in a press release.
Vicki Romine, Atwood postmaster, requested the post office be named after Fribley. Kosciusko County commissioners Brad Jackson, Ron Truex and Bob Conley sent letters to support renaming the post office after Fribley.
The post office is at 216 E. Main St., Atwood.
The bill will be sent to the Senate for approval.
Lance Corporal Fribley, 26, was killed in action March 23, 2003, near the An Nasiriyah region in Iraq. He was the first Hoosier to fall in Operation Iraq Freedom.
Born and raised in Atwood, Fribley joined the Marines following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. His parents, Gary and Linda, reside in Warsaw. He also leaves behind a brother, Steve, and a sister, Ann.[[In-content Ad]]Fribley graduated from Warsaw Community High School in 1996 where he was an all-conference football player and a track and field star.
In June 2006, the Young Tigers Football organization named their new field after Fribley.
He graduated with a degree in recreational business administration from Indiana State University. After college, he moved to Fort Meyers, Fla., where he arranged activities for Shell Point retirement community until Sept. 11, 2001. After 9/11, he joined the Marine Corps.
He was assigned to the first battalion, second Marine regime and second Marine expeditionary brigade in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
U.S. Congressman Mark Souder spoke about his support for the bill Tuesday during the U.S. House of Representatives session.
"There's probably nothing more upsetting to members of Congress than to know that the difficult decision that we've made here have resulted in the deaths of young men and women in battle," Souder said in a press release.
Vicki Romine, Atwood postmaster, requested the post office be named after Fribley. Kosciusko County commissioners Brad Jackson, Ron Truex and Bob Conley sent letters to support renaming the post office after Fribley.
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