Article: Friends remember fallen Kent State U.-area marine

Elise Franco
University Wire
10-23-2006
(Daily Kent Stater) (U-WIRE) KENT, Ohio -- Sgt. Justin Walsh was a man who risked and lost his life for his friends, family and what he believed in, because that's what he thought was right, said childhood friend Jason McGee.

McGee, sports and recreation management graduate student at Kent State University, has known Walsh since they wrestled together in seventh grade. He said he was the type of person who could have done anything he wanted.

"He was really involved in everything in high school. We wrestled and played football together, but being a Marine is what he wanted to do," he said. "He felt that it was his calling."

Walsh, 24, of Cuyahoga Falls, ...

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