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Published May 12, 2008 11:21 pm - Calling hours will be held today for Jeffrey P. Rand Jr., a Harbor High School graduate, Hawthorne, Calif., police detective and decorated ex-U.S. Marine, who died in his sleep in his California home on his 34th birthday. Calling hours today for decorated ex-Marine, Harbor High graduate By SHELLEY TERRY - Staff Writer - sterry@starbeacon.com Star Beacon ASHTABULA — Calling hours will be held today for Jeffrey P. Rand Jr., a Harbor High School graduate, Hawthorne, Calif., police detective and decorated ex-U.S. Marine, who died in his sleep in his California home on his 34th birthday.
Rand didn’t wake up May 3. He was pronounced dead at the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance at about noon, news reports show. His wife checked on him at about 11 a.m. at their home in Redondo Beach, and he was not breathing, reports show. “No foul play is suspected,” Hawthorne police Lt. Mike Ishii said Monday during a telephone interview. “He just didn’t wake up.” Rand had been out celebrating his birthday with friends the night before, Ishii said. The results of an autopsy are not expected to be known for at least a couple of weeks, Ishii said. Rand’s funeral is 10 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Carmel Church, 1200 E. 21st St., Ashtabula. Following the service, Rand’s body will be taken Girard Liberty Union Cemetery in Girard, Ohio, where he will receive full military honors. He then will be buried next to his father, Jeffery Peter Rand Sr. Rand, who was born in Geneva, joined the Marines after graduating from Harbor High School in 1993, and later was selected to guard President Bill Clinton when he traveled, according to the Hawthorne Police Department. Dan Damons, who served with Rand in the Marine Corps during Clinton’s security detail, e-mailed a tribute about his friend. Damons wrote he will always remember Rand for having a smile on his face. “He was an outstanding Marine,” Damons said. “May he never be forgotten.” Nick Cione, a Philadelphia police officer who served alongside Rand in Iraq, was quoted in Rand’s local newspaper, The Daily Breeze, that his friend was a like a brother to him. “The relationship he and I had was we’d die for each other over there,” Cione said. “I knew he had my back.” In 1997, Rand joined the Los Angeles Police Department. Two years later, he entered the Marine Corps Reserves and was assigned to the 3rd Civil Affairs group at Camp Pendleton. After the 9/11 attacks, he was called back to duty, and his unit was assigned to Iraq, where he fought in several battles against insurgents. He later helped capture one of the largest oilfields in the region, Hawthorne police said. Rand’s Marine unit also was responsible for helping rebuild Karbala, Iraq. Rand was decorated for his heroic actions and received the Navy Commendation Medal “V” device for Valor. He also was involved in the capture of the ninth-most-wanted person from the “Deck of Cards.” LAPD Officer Jorge Bayardo wrote in his tribute to Rand that he was a great friend who took care of his troops. 
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