Funeral is held for Marine from Waseca

March 11, 2014 at 2:10AM
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Marine Lance Cpl. Caleb Erickson was laid to rest Monday after funeral services at Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca, Minn. Erickson, 20, a 2012 Waseca High School graduate, was a gunner in the last truck of a convoy when he was killed Feb. 28 in a suicide bombing. "He had a mind-set to be a Marine since he was age 16," his father said.

Funeral services were held for Marine Corporal Caleb Erickson at Grace Lutheran Church Monday March 10, 2014 in Waseca , Minnesota . The 20-year-old Marine was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on February 28. ] JERRY HOLT jerry.holt@startribune.com Jerry Holt
Funeral services were held for Marine Corporal Caleb Erickson at Grace Lutheran Church Monday March 10, 2014 in Waseca , Minnesota . The 20-year-old Marine was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on February 28. ] JERRY HOLT jerry.holt@startribune.com Jerry Holt (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Marine Caleb Erickson, killed in Afghanistan.
Marine Caleb Erickson, killed in Afghanistan. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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