"It's not just about our family or the community of Blanding. It's about the whole Navajo Nation. We lost a son today."
— Leland Begaye, cousin
Keith, 22, of Blanding, died with five other Marines, including fellow Utahn Michael Allred, in a suicide bomb attack. Keith, a Marine Corps lance corporal, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, in Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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