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By Jim Carney
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007
A year ago on Sept. 11, Marine Pvt. Heath Warner left Hawaii for Iraq.
About 10 weeks later, the 19-year-old Canton native was killed in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
This year, his family is memorializing him on a Web site that was launched in late August, www.pvtheathwarner.com.
''I don't want people to forget about who Heath was,'' said his father, Scott Warner.
The family also has set up an endowment fund through the Stark Community Foundation in Heath's name to keep his legacy alive.
As the Internet world expands, Web memorials for fallen Marines such as Warner and fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen are becoming more common.
Online tributes to many of the fallen troops from Iraq and Afghanistan can be found at http://www.legacy.com.
There is a link on the Warner site to the legacy.com site.
This tribute to Warner was written this month:
''God looked around HIS garden and saw an empty space,'' the anonymous writer said. ''Then He looked down here on earth, and saw your loving face. He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest . . . ''
A Web site promoting the Lance Cpl. Daniel Nathan Deyarmin Jr. Memorial Benefit Run can be found at http://www.dndfund.org.
The 22-year-old Tallmadge man was killed in August 2005, and his family, friends and corporate sponsors have raised more than $48,000 since then for disabled and disadvantaged veterans.
The fourth annual Deyarmin Memorial Run, a motorcycle and auto poker run in which participants drive about 100 miles across the region, will be held in June 2008.
Peggy Buryj, mother of Army Spc. Jesse Buryj, 21, of Canton, who was killed in a friendly fire incident in Iraq in May 2004, copyrighted a Web site dedicated to her son in 2005.
The site, http://freewebs. com/jesseburyj/, includes writings by Peggy Buryj, photographs, as well as entries from readers of the site.
The site also features simulated falling rain.
Peggy Buryj said that was in part because it was raining on the day of her only son's funeral.
She said she knew nothing about building a Web site when she came up with the idea to make one dedicated to her son.
''I never did anything like this,'' she said.
''I'm just a mom, not a Web designer.''
But after working on developing the Web site, she launched it in 2006.
''I really did enjoy doing this,'' she said.
''Jesse would be proud of me.''
Scott Warner, father of Heath Warner, said his family hired a Web designer to build their Web site.
''It was hard to do at an emotional level,'' he said.
The Web site, he said, ''will be a great way to continue Heath's legacy.''
Heath Warner's family also set up the Private Heath D. Warner Memorial Fund through the Stark Community Foundation.
The fund will be used to assist groups that build confidence in youths; organizations that assist single mothers or mothers who are in a crisis pregnancy; TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), a nonprofit group that helps families who have lost someone in the military; and injured Marines and soldiers in the transition back to civilian life.
In addition, a memorial fund by the same name has been set up at all FirstMerit bank branches. Donations will be used for a freedom dinner in Warner's name to be held at a later date, and the Private Heath D. Warner Memorial 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run to be held May 26.
Proceeds from the run will go to the Stark Community Foundation Warner fund, Scott Warner said.
The Warner family is still dealing with the grief of losing Heath 10 months ago, the father said.
''We try to keep moving forward every day,'' he said.
Staff writer Jim Carney may be reached at 330-996-3576 or by e-mail at jcarney@thebeaconjournal.com.
A year ago on Sept. 11, Marine Pvt. Heath Warner left Hawaii for Iraq.
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