{"id":23370,"date":"2018-02-14T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T16:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/14\/twentynine-palms-marine-dies-of-flesh-eating-disease\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:31:13","slug":"twentynine-palms-marine-dies-of-flesh-eating-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/02\/14\/twentynine-palms-marine-dies-of-flesh-eating-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Twentynine Palms Marine dies of flesh-eating disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Marine stationed at Twentynine Palms died just eight hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/2018\/02\/11\/rochester-marine-dies-flesh-eating-disease\/RVthD8ZbosqeNs7vr3QmHK\/story.html\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a flesh-eating disease diagnosis<\/a>, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pfc. William Becket Kiernan, 18, died of a bacterial skin infection known as necrotizing fasciitis on Feb. 4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No additional cases of necrotizing fasciitis have been reported at the Marine Corps base, Capt. Karen Holliday told Marine Corps Times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u201cconfirms that necrotizing fasciitis is not communicable,\u201d Holliday said. \u201cThe most common way of getting necrotizing fasciitis is when the bacteria enter the body through a break in the skin. This can include cuts, scrapes, burns, insect bites or puncture wounds.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine was training to become a radio field operator, his mother, Lynda Drennan Kiernan, told the Boston Globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcoasttoday.com\/obituaries\/20180213\/pfc-w-becket-kiernan-usmc-18\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">A wake will be<\/a> at the Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, on Thursday, with a funeral Mass Friday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anthony\u2019s Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was an avid reader, and studied military history,\u201d his mother <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2018\/02\/post_1964.html\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\" target=\"_blank\" data-original-title=\"\" aria-describedby=\"popover604474\">told the Staten Island Advance<\/a>. \u201cHis goal was to be a Marine, and he achieved that.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfc. 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