I want to introduce you to a local Veteran who paid the ultimate price protecting my freedom. He graduated Pender High School in 1996. Continue to Rest In Peace Mark. CPL. MARK A. BIBBY Killed in action on July 21, 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom Cpl. Mark A. Bibby was born Nov. 14, 1977, in Wilmington, N.C. He was a chemical operations specialist assigned to the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Greensboro, N.C. Bibby was killed by hostile fire July 21, 2003, while traveling in a convoy to a water treatment facility in Baghdad, Iraq. His unit was deployed to Iraq on Jan. 22, 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and participated in the initial reconstruction and stabilization operations in response to the fall of the Ba’ath regime. Prior to joining the 422nd, Bibby served on active duty from 1997 to 2001. During that time, he was assigned to the 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C. His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Service Ribbon and the Overseas Service Ribbon. Bibby was enrolled as a sophomore at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University in Greensboro, N.C., when he was mobilized to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was studying transportation at the School of Business and Economics. He is survived by his parents, Eustace and Jean Bibby, of Watha, N.C.; his brother, Estace; and his sister, Christina Nicole. - BY SWORD, DEED AND WORD - BIBBY, MARK ANTHONY CPL US ARMY IRAQ DATE OF BIRTH: 11/14/1977 DATE OF DEATH: 07/21/2003
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