Relatives: Former US Marine killed while fighting in Ukraine

[turbinetree]

Relatives say a 22-year-old former U.S. Marine has been killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, in the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine

By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press
April 29, 2022, 6:49 PM
• 5 min read

WASHINGTON -- A 22-year-old former U.S. Marine was killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, his relatives told news outlets, in the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine.

Willy Joseph Cancel was killed Monday while working for a military contracting company that sent him to Ukraine, his mother, Rebecca Cabrera, told CNN. Cancel had recently worked as a corrections officer in Tennessee and previously served in the Marines from 2017 to 2021, joining the Corps the same year he graduated from high school.

Cabrera said her son had signed up to work with the private military contractor shortly before fighting began in Ukraine on Feb. 24. She told CNN he agreed to go to Ukraine.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/relatives-us-marine-killed-fighting-ukraine-84395118

[pwb]

1. Those Black water type start shit all over the world.

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[turbinetree]

2. I was wondering about that also....

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[Jilly_in_VA]

3. That's rude

There are likely some very principled Americans fighting with Ukrainian forces. Blackwater types are more likely to be on the other side. Also there are military contractors other than Blackwater.

[pwb]

4. I did not mention any side?

You did.

[Cha]

6. Thnak You for your post, Jilly

💙💛

[Cha]

5. RIP Josheph Cancel.. TY for Fighting for Ukraine..🤷‍♂️💕

💙💛

[rockfordfile]

7. "He wanted to contain it there-" Well it's here. The GOP is owned by Putin

[BlackSkimmer]

8. Interesting. That link says he was given a Bad Conduct Discharge from the Marines.

Not easy to get one of those.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. "BCD for refusing a lawful general order" in 2021: anti-vaxxer.

And a mercenary; some private military contractors are getting paid $1-2K a day. No tears from me. My reaction might be different if he'd joined the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, but they probably wouldn't take an anti-vaxxer and the pay is so much less (about $600 a month) that he wouldn't have been interested anyway.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. Yeah, a BCD is not a casual slap on the hand.

This guy did something bad in the past. And he wanted to be a cop?

[Jilly_in_VA]

11. Be that way, then

He died in a great cause. Slava Ukraini!