Spc . Marlon was born in Jamaica and adopted at nine by Leighton Jackson and Lois La Grenade and Marlon Jackson was killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Iraq in 2003 . Marlon is remembered by his cousin as a shy , introverted young man . He had been deployed to the Middle East for two years and was due home on leave this summer. Marlon 's life influenced his cousin , Juarez , to work as software engineer in defense industry .
Spc . Marlon Jackson was killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Iraq in 2003 . Marlon is remembered by his cousin as a shy , introverted young man . He had been deployed to the Middle East for two years and was due home on leave this summer. Marlon 's life influenced his cousin , Juarez , to work as software engineer in defense industry .