Floral Park Marine remembered as a 'hero'
Photo credit: Courtesy U.S. Marine Corps | Lance Cpl. Leopold F. Damas, 26, of Floral Park, died August 17, 2009, as a result of a hostile incident while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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The last time Sgt. Archie Ortega saw his close friend Lance Cpl. Leopold Damas, the young Floral Park Marine talked of the future and spoke of buying his mother a house.
Damas, 26, was a rifleman with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He died Aug. 17, military officials said, during a struggle with...
