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Chance Russell Phelps (July 14, 1984 – April 9, 2004) was a private first class – posthumously promoted to lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He served with 2nd Platoon, Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment (3/11), 1st Marine Division, and I Marine Expeditionary Force, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Apr 12, 2007 · A personal narrative by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl. Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday. Eight...
Apr 9, 2004 · DUBOIS, Wyo. — Residents who knew a Marine killed in Iraq are in shock, said a woman who once provided daycare for the family. Pfc. Chance R. Phelps, 19, was shot in the head April 9 while...
Plot. The movie is based on the recollections of U.S. Marine Lt. Col Michael Strobl, a real person, who accompanied the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, a Marine fatally wounded by gunfire near Baghdad during the Iraq War, from Dover Air Force Base to Dubois, Wyoming in April 2004. He attended both Phelps's funeral and his memorial ...
When former Marine Lt. Col. Mike Strobl volunteered to escort the body of Pfc. Chance Phelps to his final resting place, he had no idea how the mission would affect him and others.
Oct 19, 2017 · John Kelly has praised the film Taking Chance for its depiction of how the military attempts to console the family of a fallen U.S. military member.
May 1, 2014 · It was April 9, 2004, Good Friday, when Marine Lance Cpl. Chance R. Phelps was killed during combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. At 19, Phelps had been out of boot camp less than a year when he was killed in action. He enlisted in the Marine Corps just 10 days after high school graduation.
Apr 20, 2004 · More than 1,000 people came to the small mountain town of Dubois, Wyo., to pay respects for native son and Marine Private First Class Chance Phelps, who was killed recently in Iraq. Spencer...
Jan 22, 2005 · Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday. Eight days later, I handed the medallion to his mother. I didn’t know Chance before he died. Today, I ...
May 2, 2019 · In April 2004, Michael R. Strobl, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, escorted home the body of a fallen soldier named Chance Phelps. Chance was killed in action near Ar Ramadi, in Iraq.
