Marine Lance Cpl. Sean M. Langley
Death: Nov 07, 2004
of Lexington Ky.; assigned to 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton Calif.; killed Nov. 7 by enemy action in Anbar province Iraq. Kentucky Marine killed in Iraq Associated Press LEXINGTON Ky. — A 20-year-old Marine from Lexington was killed in action in Iraq over the weekend military officials said Monday. Lance Cpl. Sean M. Langley died Sunday in Iraq’s Anbar province according to the Department of Defense. Langley’s parents are both police officers in Lexington said Judy Rittenhouse the spokeswoman for the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington where Langley’s father Bill Langley is the assistant chief of police service. Langley’s mother Patricia works for the Lexington police department Rittenhouse said. Langley’s father said his son wanted eventually to become a police officer. Sean Langley enlisted in the Marine Corps on the Saturday after the Sept. 11 attacks his father said. He was in his second tour in Iraq Rittenhouse said. Langley’s family said the Marine was fearless. “A group of friends once sprayed pepper spray in his face just to prove he could take it” said Susan Langley his stepmother. “I made him stand in the shower for 45 minutes. He was a rascal but was very loving.” In Iraq he went on reconnaissance missions in armored Humvees searching for the enemy Bill Langley said. Sean’s brother Matt Langley19 recalled a game he and his brother used to play several years ago. “He and I would dress up in fatigues and we would try to find each other in the woods” he said. “He knew even then (he wanted to join the Marines).” Langley and his father were pictured in May 2003 in a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs newsletter as part of a story about the children of department employees who were serving in the military in Iraq. Langley was a member of the 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division 1st Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Pendleton Calif. Langley was born Aug. 21984 in Great Falls Mont. and moved to Lexington with his family in 1994 his brother said. He attended Blue Grass Baptist Lexington Catholic and Henry Clay high schools. “He was a wonderful son and I am endlessly proud of him” Bill Langley said. Sean Langley is also survived by his stepbrother John T. Hannon; his grandfather Robert Heinz and his wife Sonia; his grandmother Maureen Young and her husband Ron; and a step-grandmother Mary Hanson. Schwarzenegger saddened by Pendleton Marine’s death CAMP PENDLETON Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed condolences Tuesday for a Camp Pendleton-based Marine from Kentucky who was killed this week while fighting in Iraq. Lance Cpl. Sean M. Langley20 from Lexington Ky. was killed in action on Sunday in Iraq’s Anbar province according to the U.S. Department of Defense. “Maria and I are saddened to learn of Lance Cpl. Langley’s death. His service to our country was honorable and his efforts in the war against terrorism were valiant” the governor said in a statement. “We extend our solemn gratitude to Sean’s family and friends and the community of Lexington.” Flags at the capitol in Sacramento will be flown at half-staff in his honor. Langley was assigned to 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force. — Associated Press