Marine Shown in ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ Killed by Roadside Bomb in Iraq

A Marine and onetime recruiter who appeared in Michael Moore’s documentary film “Fahrenheit 9/11” has died in a roadside bombing in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Raymond J. Plouhar, 30, died Monday of wounds suffered during combat operations in Iraq’s volatile Anbar province, the Department of Defense said.

After donating a kidney to his uncle, Plouhar, who was stationed at Camp Pendleton, had taken four years off from active duty to serve as a recruiter in Flint, Mich.

He is seen in the 2004 film approaching prospective recruits in a mall parking lot.

“It’s better to get them when they’re in ones and twos and work on them that way,” he says in the film.

Although Plouhar willingly appeared in the movie, which is critical of the Bush administration’s actions after Sept. 11, his father said Plouhar didn’t realize the film would criticize the war.

“I’m proud that my son wanted to protect the freedom of this country whether we all agree with the war or not,” he said.

Plouhar grew up in Lake Orion, Mich., about 30 miles north of Detroit.

He is survived by a wife and two children, ages 5 and 9. They live in Arizona.