Manatee County to name section of roadway after fallen Marine

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) – Manatee County Commissioners have voted to name a section of roadway for a hometown hero who was killed in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pfc. Christopher Cobb, a U.S. Marine, was killed April 6, 2004 by hostile fire in Ramadi, Anbar Province.

County commissioners directed staff to start the process of designating the road that will be named after Cobb…

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