Marine Lance Corp Slocum was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Slocum and his unit were attacked near An Nasiriyah. They had cornered an Iraqi unit whose soldiers waved the white flag of surrender but when the Marines began approaching, the Iraqis opened fire. Thomas graduated from Skyview High School in 1998. He was a troubled teenager who struggled in school but once he joined the Marines in the summer of 1997, he turned his life around – he even became an honor roll student. He enjoyed boating, hunting and drawing. He served proudly as a Marine and was in it all the way – he never did anything halfway. Thomas wore his uniform to his mother's wedding in 1998. It had to be 90 degrees at the wedding but you couldn't get him to take his dress blues off. "GOD BLESS YOUR SON," read a giant sign just outside the church where his funeral was held - a sign unfurled by Robin and Fil Morales, who couldn't talk about it without crying. Hundreds more signs, cheers and waving flags greeted the funeral procession as it made its way south. Limousine windows rolled down so the family could get a better look; many waved back as the wind streaked their faces with tears. It was a sight that stunned even the police who led the motorcade - many of whom are also military men and women. Thomas was buried in his dress blues.
Marine Lance Corp Slocum was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Slocum and his unit were attacked near An Nasiriyah. They had cornered an Iraqi unit whose soldiers waved the white flag of surrender but when the Marines began approaching, the Iraqis opened fire. Thomas graduated from Skyview High School in 1998. He was a troubled teenager who struggled in school but once he joined the Marines in the summer of 1997, he turned his life around – he even became an honor roll student. He enjoyed boating, hunting and drawing. He served proudly as a Marine and was in it all the way – he never did anything halfway. Thomas wore his uniform to his mother's wedding in 1998. It had to be 90 degrees at the wedding but you couldn't get him to take his dress blues off. "GOD BLESS YOUR SON," read a giant sign just outside the church where his funeral was held - a sign unfurled by Robin and Fil Morales, who couldn't talk about it without crying. Hundreds more signs, cheers and waving flags greeted the funeral procession as it made its way south. Limousine windows rolled down so the family could get a better look; many waved back as the wind streaked their faces with tears. It was a sight that stunned even the police who led the motorcade - many of whom are also military men and women. Thomas was buried in his dress blues.
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