Raymond James Bryon Anthony Charles Plouhar (May 26, 1976–June 26, 2006) was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps killed by a roadside bomb in the Anbar Province of Iraq, while serving in the Iraq War on June 26, 2006. Although many people have lost their lives in the Iraq War, Plouhar's death raised media attention because he had been filmed in 2004 in the politically charged Michael Moore documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11.
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Raymond James Bryon Anthony Charles Plouhar (May 26, 1976–June 26, 2006) was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps killed by a roadside bomb in the Anbar Province of Iraq, while serving in the Iraq War on June 26, 2006. Although many people have lost their lives in the Iraq War, Plouhar's death raised media attention because he had been filmed in 2004 in the politically charged Michael Moore documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11.
Plouhar was acting as a recruiter for the Marine Corps at the time he was filmed by Moore, whose film portrayed Plouhar attempting to enlist recruits in Moore's hometown of Flint, Michigan. At the time, Plouhar was then taking time off from active duty in the wake of his having donated a kidney to an uncle. Plouhar's father reported that his son willingly allowed himself to be filmed, but was unaware that Moore was making a film critical of the war. Other Marines filmed in the segment claimed they were tricked, saying they were not told that the...
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