Jim, thanks for posting this. When I first read his death notice on the DOD website and saw that he was wounded back in 2005, I wondered what happened to him in the three years since then and why he died now.
Sounds like he was a helluva man and Marine and his passing is a great loss to all of us because there are not enough people like him in the world today.
Rest In Peace Sgt Merlin German 
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