Several Colonels have been killed in Iraq. A news search showed this guy to have possibly been the last:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_artic...?storyid=55279
I don't really want to do a full scale search, though. Even though a Marine Colonels death would be newsworthy enough to easily be searched. But I guess there is a small chance that [R]Devore is telling the truth. I'm a vet and so the thought of drudging up a military officer's death to settle a ~$300 dispute is pretty sickening.
[R]Devore knows what he has to do to make this right. Whether he was telling the truth or not is inconsequential now.