Cody (Kristopher C.) Warren slain by sniper

A Marine with the Chattanooga reserve unit was killed Thursday in Iraq, officials said.

Cody Warren, 19, was a member of Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, a spokesman there confirmed today.

He was a 2005 graduate of Gordon Central High School in Calhoun, Ga., school officials said.

“Cody was one of ours,” Gordon County Schools Superintendent told the Calhoun Times newspaper. “His service and his sacrifice become personal because we all know him and his family.”

The Marine Reserve unit said it could not release any information about Warren’s death, but friends of the Marine said he was killed by sniper fire.

The Associated Press reported today that a Marine was killed in Anbar province on Thursday, but it was not known whether that Marine was the Georgia resident.

The Calhoun Times reported that a memorial service has been scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the memorial fountain in front of Gordon Central High School.

From the Times Free Press

UPDATE, NOVEMBER 18, 2006: Criminal investigation launched into Cody (Kristopher C.) Warren's death