Gunnery Sergeant Jerome Murkerson, Jr., of Jacksonville, NC, was killed in action on October 1, 2007 in the Al Anbar Province of Baghdad, Iraq. Born and raised in Alabama, he was a 1990 graduate of Oak Grove H.S., joining the U.S. Marine Corps in July of that same year. GySgt Murkerson was serving his third tour in Iraq, attached to the Marine HQ Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing of the Second Marine Expeditionary Force. A member of Grant’s Creek Baptist Church in Mayesville, NC, he was a dedicated Marine, father and husband. He died doing what he believed was right. Murkerson is survived by his wife and their three children, a father, a mother, and five brothers and sisters.
Marines of MWHS-2 Honor a Fallen Brother
*All photos and information above were lovingly provided by the Murkerson Family*
