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Designated Marksman in theUnited States Marine Corps , lance corporal Galen Wilson was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Regiment.USA Today , [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-07-29-iraq-sniper_x.htm Marine sniper metes out swift death in Iraq's most dangerous neighborhood] , July 29 2006]Married, with two children, he recorded 23 confirmed kills in his two tours of duty in the
Iraq War . Six of those kills were in a single day with hisSAM-R rifle that he named "The Hammer".The son of a
Navy SEAL , Wilson is a devoutCatholic . [St. Petersburg Times , [http://www.sptimes.com/2006/07/30/Worldandnation/The_self_examined_sni.shtml The self-examined sniper] , July 30 2006]He was wounded by a piece of
shrapnel in his throat. [Filkins, Dexter.New York Times , [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/world/middleeast/05ramadi.html?pagewanted=print In Ramadi, Fetid Quarters and Unrelenting Battles] , July 4 2006]ee also
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