Heroic Marine Dies
A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced.
Sgt. Merlin German was 22.
He was severely wounded February 21, 2005, en route to Camp Ramadi when his Humvee hit a roadside bomb.
He was not expected to survive, but he was transported to Germany and then to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, which has the U.S. military’s top burns unit.
He spent nine months in intensive care and underwent more than 100 operations.
German moved out of the hospital into his own home after 17 months of treatment.
He founded Merlin’s Miracles, a charity that aims “to assist burned children and their families to take vacations, trips, outings or anything the families needed to make life a little easier,” according to its Web site.
German died April 11 at Brooke Army Medical Center of complications after surgery.
Thank you for serving your country. R.I.P. Sgt German
Posted by on May 02, 2008 at 2237 hrsDeepest Respect. Thank-you… Thoughts for the family of a hero.
Posted by on May 03, 2008 at 0306 hrsYeah, I read this yesterday. Inspirational.
Posted by scott on May 03, 2008 at 0807 hrs
Ol' Army
