DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Benjamin R. Gonzalez, 23, of Los Angeles, Calif., died May 29 due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Rafael Reynosasuarez, 28, of Santa Ana, Calif., died May 29 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cpl. Dominique J. Nicolas, 25, of Maricopa, Ariz., died May 26 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Sides, 22, of Yakima, Wash., died May 31 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 9th Communications Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Todd J. Bolding, 23, of Manvel, Texas, died June 3 of wounds received due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Bohlman, 21, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died June 7 from hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

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DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Marvin Best, 33, of Prosser, Wash., died June 20 due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Pfc. Sean Horn, 19, of Orange, Calif., died June 19, due to a non-hostile incident at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. He was assigned to Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The incident is under investigation.

For further information related to Best, contact Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms Public Affairs Office at (760) 830-5472.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Russell P. White, 19, of Dagsboro, Del., died June 20 due to a non-combat related incident at Camp Bulldog, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The incident is under investigation.

For further information related to this release, contact Marine Corps Public Affairs at (910) 451-5655.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras, 27, of Harris, Texas, died June 21, from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

D Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Deshon E. Otey, 24, of Hardin, Ky.

Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr., 21, of Cleburne, Ark.

Both died June 21 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. They were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez, 22, of Whitfield, Ga., died June 21 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pfc. Daniel B. McClenney, 19, of Shelbyville, Tenn.

Lance Cpl. Juston T. Thacker, 21, of Bluefield, W.Va.

Both Marines died June 24 from hostile fire near Bari Khout, Afghanistan. They were both assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

For further information related to this release, contact the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Officer at (910) 451-9033.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Manuel A. Ceniceros, 23, of Santa Ana, Calif., died June 26 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to Regimental Combat Team 1 Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

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June 30, 2004

Marine officials confirmed Wednesday that a Folsom. Pa.-based unit was the target of a Tuesday roadside bombing in Iraq that killed three Marines.

The six casualties were from Bridge Co. B, 6th Engineer Support Group, based in Folsom.

One of the dead is from the Philadelphia area, while the other two Marines killed are from northern New Jersey and the Baltimore area.

Killed in the attack were Sgt. Alan Sherman, of northern New Jersey, Cpl. John Todd III, of Montgomery County (Pa.) and Lance Cpl. Patrick Adle, from the Baltimore area.

Wounded in the attack were Sgt Matthew Crawford, of Delaware County (Pa.) and Cpl. Matheusz Erszkowicz, of northern New Jersey.

The blast ripped through a U.S. military convoy Tuesday, in the first fatal attack on U.S. troops since American administrators transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government.

The blast occurred on a four-lane highway in the Rustamiyah district.

U.S. officials had warned that the transfer of sovereignty would not stop the anti-American insurgency right away.

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God Rest their souls, I will never forget the full measure, given by these Hero's in a very just cause.

My heart is heavy as I read the names, it never gets any easier over time or in which area of conflict.

I can't express my grief over these loses.

Rest in Peace.

Semper Fi,
Jeff Loomis
L/cpl 1968, Nam

DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Adle, 21, of Baltimore, Md.

Sgt. Alan D. Sherman, 36, of Brick, N.J.

Cpl. John H. Todd III, 24, of Bridgeport, Pa.

All three died June 29 southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, as a result of hostile action. They were assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Folsom, Pa.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Kenneth Conde Jr., 23, of Orlando, Fla., died July 1 due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were killed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Timothy R. Creager21, of Millington, Tenn., died July 1 due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Lance Cpl. James B. Huston Jr., 22, of Umatilla, Ore., died July 2 in a vehicle accident while his unit was responding to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For further information related to Creager, contact the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Officer at (910) 451-9033.

For further information related to Huston, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Michael S. Torres, 21, of El Paso, Texas.

Lance Cpl. John J. Vangyzen IV, 21, of Bristol, Mass.

Both Marines died July 5 as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Twentynine Palms, Calif.

For further information related to this release, contact Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms Public Affairs Office at (760) 830-5472.

Marine from Mountain Grove killed in Iraq
Associated Press
July 7, 2004

MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. - A soldier from south-central Missouri was killed this week in Iraq.

Cpl. Dallas Kerns, 21, died Monday of wounds suffered in an attack in Anbar province, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Kerns was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and was based at Twentynine Palms, Calif. He enlisted in the Marines in 2001 and was deployed to Iraq last February.

The department said Kerns had been recommended for a Purple Heart and that he had also received several other honors, including the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal and the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal.

The department said Cpl. Kerns was survived by his father, Randy Feltner, of Seneca, Kan., and his mother Connie Kerns, of Springfield.

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Lejeune Marine dies in explosion in Iraq; was 22

Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt worked hard just to get into the Marines, losing 140 pounds to become eligible for boot camp.

"He always wanted to be a Marine," said Hunt's twin, Jason. "He was very bright. He always had a good sense of humor and was very athletic."

Justin Hunt, who completed boot camp in January 2003, was killed Tuesday in an explosion during a security mission in Iraq's al-Anbar province.

His older brother, Robert, is also stationed in Iraq, with the Navy, and will accompany the body home.

Justin Hunt, 22, of Riverside, Calif., was a member of the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in the 2nd Marine Division of Camp Lejeune's II Marine Expeditionary Force.

He is survived by his parents, four brothers and three sisters.

July 8, 2004

DIGHTON, Mass. (AP) -- Lance Cpl. John J. Vangyzen IV was excited about his first tour of duty in Iraq. But life in a war zone had changed him, and he showed more uncertainty when he redeployed in February, his stepmother said.

"He was scared. He wasn't happy," said Jane Vangyzen on Wednesday, two days after finding out her stepson had died in fighting in Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Yet, she said, he felt that what he was doing was important, and was determined to carry out his duty.

"He's a hero just like all the soldiers that died in Iraq," said his father, John Vangyzen III, choking back tears. "I'm very proud of what they all did."

Vangyzen served his first tour from early 2003 to October. He went back to Iraq in February and was scheduled to return to the U.S. in September, his father said. Father and son spent a week together in California before the redeployment.

"We had a blast. We went bungee jumping together," the elder Vangyzen said. "It wasn't son and father. It was dude and dad."

Vangyzen enlisted in the Marines while he was still a student at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. He planned to re-enlist for four years in the military police, in the hopes of learning the skills that would one day allow him to join the Massachusetts State Police, his stepmother said.

Vangyzen was assigned to the Third Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Twentynine Palms, the Marines said.

Another Marine from Vangyzen's unit, Michael S. Torres, 21, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in the same attack. In addition to his father and stepmother, Vangyzen is survived by his wife, Amanda, of Twentynine Palms; his mother, Dorothy Arsenault, of West Warwick, R.I.; three sisters, and two stepsisters.

Vangyzen is the second graduate of Dighton-Rehoboth to die in Iraq. Marine Capt. Benjamin Sammis of Rehoboth, a 1992 graduate, was killed in action in April 2003.

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