Military community helps Marine after her family dies driving to Parris Island graduation

Chloe Maples was about to complete one of the most grueling tasks, graduating from boot camp at South Carolina’s Parris Island recruiting depot.

But days before she would be named one of “the few, the proud,” she received crushing news: Her mother and sister had died in a car accident on her way to see her graduate. It was almost a year to the day that she lost her father on her birthday, as well.

“Her mother and little sister were killed on their way to watch her graduate,” her Marine Corps mentor, Christopher Falls, wrote on a GoFundMe Page. “After all of this, she still has the courage to walk and graduate with her fellow Marines.”