Iraq veteran drowns in river after bar-hopping in La Crosse
Christopher B. Melancon, in La Crosse, Wis., for this past weekend’s Oktoberfest celebration, walked across the hall from the apartment where he was staying, befriended a fellow inactive Marine and got a football party moved into his new friend’s place. That was typical of the 24-year-old Iraq veteran and Bloomington resident, said Anthony Triplett, another inactive Marine who was Melancon’s …
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