According to a letter sent by a superior at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Heede distinguished himself with his intelligence, discipline, responsibility and positive attitude, attributes that earned him enough trust that he oversaw an armory at the base.
Heede, a veteran of the Iraq war, volunteered for deployment to Afghanistan, his mother said, because two buddies were going. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. During his military career, he won the Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal and a Navy Unit Commendation Medal, among other honors.
Spicer, who lived much of his life in Ohio, was an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. He joined the Marine Corps in 1994.
