After being reported missing, Marine Lance Corporal Branden Ingram was discovered dead: Continue Reading

 Days after being reported missing, U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Branden Ingram, who was assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, was discovered dead on Friday night, according to his family.

The 21-year-old Marine was last seen with other Marines at Walmart in Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at approximately 8 p.m. His sergeant called Ingram's mother, Jessica Hughes, to see if the family had gotten in touch with him after he failed to report for duty the next morning.

Missing Report

On September 3, 2025, the military formally declared Ingram missing. His family, who are from the Memphis, Tennessee, and Byhalia, Mississippi, areas, as well as his fellow service members, were immediately alarmed by his disappearance.

A Tragic Finding

Military officers broke the devastating news that Hughes' son had been found dead from a gunshot wound to the head when they arrived at her house on Friday night. His death's circumstances are still being looked into. GoFundMe

Remembering After graduating from high school, Branden Ingram enlisted in the Marines and was serving with pride in Cherry Point. According to his relatives, he was a young man with a strong sense of purpose who had committed himself to military service.

Although more information regarding the continuing investigation has not yet been made public, authorities anticipate doing so in the days ahead.