Christophe J. Marquis

Pfc. Christophe J. Marquis, age 40, of Tampa, Florida, died on September 4, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany,of injuries sustained August 27, 2011, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. 

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Pray for Christophe
and for his son who has
lost his father

Christophe grew up in Strasbourg, France, and joined the French Army at age 18. 

Christophe had been in the U.S. Army since April 2010, but he had served in the French Army as a Staff Sergeant from 1992 to 1997. 

After his injuries, his wife flew to Germany to be at his bedside and sang their personal song to him - "Happy Together". He had loved that song from the time they began dating — the only one for me is you, and you for me.

Christophe is survived by his wife Brittany; son Christopher; mother Francine Soucat; father Joel Marquis; half sister Magalí Naas and half brothers Sebastian, Romain and Benjamin Marquis.

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