Jabari N. Thompson

Lance Cpl. Jabari N. Thompson, age 22, of Brooklyn, New York, died on July 17, 2011, of wounds sustained July 13 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. 

He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 

Jesus, pray for Jabari

Family members were told that Jabari was shot while coming to the aid of a comrade. 

Jabari had always wanted to be a Marine, like his father. He had graduated from South Shore High School in Canarsie, New York.

Jabari is survived by many loving relatives and friends including his father, Gregory, his sister, Chekesha Thompson and his fiancée, Shemiah Louis.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Jabari N. Thompson is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen.