WATCH: A hometown hero returns, as Lansdale mourns fallen Marine Corey Nawrocki Escorted with honor from Philadelphia

WATCH: A hometown hero returns, as Lansdale mourns fallen Marine Corey Nawrocki
Escorted with honor from Philadelphia to Lansdale Saturday night,ki is welcomed home by first responders, veterans and a grateful community

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By Tony Di Domizio Monday, April 14, 2025

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This was no ordinary homecoming.

At 10:30 p.m. Saturday, the body of a Lansdale son and retired Marine returned to the place he once called home, draped not in celebration, but in the stars and stripes of sacrifice...............

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As a bagpiper played “Amazing Grace,” a color guard and pall bearers of veterans carried the casket of the Class of 2001 North Penn graduate into the vestibule of the funeral home, where select family and friends said their goodbyes to the decorated veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient.

Nawrocki’s body will remain at Huff & Lakjer until such time that he can be interred at Arlington National Cemetery alongside his fallen brothers and sisters.

By James Short

By James Short

By James Short

Nawrocki, 41, was killed in action October 27, 2024 in the Bryansk region of Russia during a reported reconnaissance and sabotage incursion as a volunteer fighter with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to multiple online reports and Northern Provisions on Instagram. He was found with an alleged American volunteer fighter who had a U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, 75th Regiment tattoo on his arm, per reports...............................

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According to The Moscow Times, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed responsibility for killing four “saboteurs” of a Diversion Reconnaissance Group who attempted to cross into Bryansk with the A3449 military unit of Ukraine. Per reports, he was issued a military ID on Sept. 4, 2024.

In October, Nawrocki’s fellow Marines wished Nawrocki “Fair Winds & Following Seas: Semper Fi.”..............................



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