Joshua J. Ware, a 20-year-old Kiowa/Comanche man from Oklahoma who was killed in Iraq, was buried on Saturday.
Ware was a corporal for the U.S. Marines. He was killed in a November 16 ambush in Ubaydi, Iraq, along with three other Marines.
Ware was said to be the first Kiowa or Comanche to die in combat since the Vietnam War.
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Fallen Native solider laid to rest
(The Native American Times 11/28)
Hundreds Attend Funeral Of Fallen Oklahoma Marine Corporal (AP 11/27)
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