Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski
23, of Wheaton, Ill.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Aug. 18 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. link
Marine Lance Cpl. Shane R. Martin
July 29, 201023, of Spring, Texas; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died July 29 ... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Jacob C. Leicht
May 27, 201024, of College Station, Texas; assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.;... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Frank J. World
April 01, 201025, of Buffalo, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died April 1... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Randy M. Heck
March 28, 201020, of Steubenville, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Ma... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Rick J. Centanni
March 24, 201019, of Yorba Linda, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4thMarine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.;... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Maj. Robert J. Cottle
March 24, 201045, of Whittier, Calif.; assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4thMarine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; d... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Nigel K. Olsen
March 04, 201021, of Orem, Utah; assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died March 4 in Hel... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Carlos A. Aragon
March 01, 201019, of Orem, Utah; assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died March... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. David J. Smith
January 26, 201025, of Frederick, Md.; assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died J... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary D. Smith
January 24, 201019, of Hornell, N.Y.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 24 while suppo... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy J. Poole
January 24, 201022, of Bowling Green, Ky.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; died Jan. 24 whil... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Daniel M. Angus
January 24, 201028, of Thonotosassa, Fla.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 24 while ... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy M. Kane
January 23, 201022, of Towson, Md.; assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Jan.... [Read More]
Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Xin Qi
January 23, 201025, of Cordova, Tenn.; assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Expeditionary Brigade–Afghanistan; died Jan. 23, while supporting combat o... [Read More]
Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Xin Qi
January 23, 201025, of Cordova, Tenn.; assigned to Fourth Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan; died Jan. 23, while supporting combat oper... [Read More]
October 9, 2009
Major Mike E. Weston, former XO B4LAR, died in western Afghanistan on 26 October 2009, when the U.S. Military helicopter he was in crashed while returning from a joint U.S. Military-DEA counternarcotics mission in western Afghanistan. In August 2006, after only nine months in the United States, Major Mike Weston volunteered for his third combat tour to Iraq, where he served as the Executive Officer for Company B, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. There, he served in Ramadi and commanded a Provisional Riverine Detachment and later served as advisor to the Iraqi Police.
Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Fowlkes
September 10, 200920, of Gaffney, S.C.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.;... [Read More]
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Benjamin P. Castiglione
September 03, 200921, of Howell, Mich.; was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Sep... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher S. Baltazar Jr.
September 03, 200919, of San Antonio; was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Sept. 3 w... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Ryan H. Lane
July 23, 200925, of Pittsburgh; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 23 in... [Read More]
Marine Gunnery Sgt. David S. Spicer
July 13, 200933, of Zanesfield, Ohio; assigned to 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune,... [Read More]
Marine Master Sgt. Jerome D. Hatfield
July 11, 200936, of Axton, Va.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C
Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro A. Barbozaflores
July 11, 200927, of Glendale, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 11 ... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver
February 21, 200820, of St. Charles, Mo.; assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Cristian Vasquez
August 02, 200720, of Coalinga, Calif.; assigned to1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Aug. 2... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Chad M. Allen
February 28, 200725, of Maple Lake, Minn.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Feb. 28... [Read More]
Marine 2nd Lt. Mark C. Gelina
November 04, 200633, of Moberly, Mo.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Nov. 4 f... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Benjamin S. Rosales
October 04, 200620, of Houston; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Oct. 4 while co... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Edward M. Garvin
October 04, 200619, of Malden, Mass.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Oct. 4 wh... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Shane P. Harris
September 03, 200623, of Las Vegas, N.M.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Se... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Randy L. Newman
August 20, 200621, of Bend, Ore.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Aug. 20... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Adam A. Galvez
August 20, 200621, of Salt Lake City; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Aug... [Read More]
Navy Hospitalman Chadwick T. Kenyon
August 20, 200620, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died Aug. 2... [Read More]
Marine Pfc. Jason Hanson
July 29, 200621, of Forks, Wash.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed July ... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Christian B. Williams
July 29, 200627, of Winter Haven, Fla.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony E. Butterfield
July 29, 200619, of Clovis, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed Jul... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus
July 29, 200628, of Wolf Creek, Mont.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed ... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy P. Tamburello
November 08, 200519, of Denver, Colo., assigned to the 1st Light Armor Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Nov. 8 fro... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Chad R. Hildebrandt
October 17, 200522, of Springer, N.M.; assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Scott R. Bubb
October 17, 200519, of Grottoes, Va.; assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached ... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Bryan J. Opskar
July 23, 200532, of Princeton, Minn.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Ju... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Clifton B. Mounce
July 14, 200522, of Pontotoc, Miss.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; attached to 2nd L... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Christopher D. Winchester
July 14, 200523, of Flomaton, Ala.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; attached to 2nd Li... [Read More]
Marine Corps Pfc. Nathan B. Clemons
June 14, 200520, of Winchester, Tenn.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed J... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. John J. Mattek Jr.
June 13, 200524, of Stevens Point, Wis.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Tenzin Dengkhim
April 02, 200519, of Falls Church, Va.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed A... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Zachariah S. Davis
January 06, 200525, of Twentynine Palms, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.&#... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Jason E. Smith
December 31, 200421, of Phoenix; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Dec. 31 by e... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Blake A. Magaoay
November 29, 200420, of Pearl City, Hawaii; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed N... [Read More]
Marine Staff Sgt. Theodore S. Holder II
Died November 11, 2004 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom27, of Littleton, Colo.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov 11 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle W. Burns
November 11, 200420, of Laramie, Wyo.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov 11... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Justin D. Reppuhn
November 10, 200420, of Hemlock, Mich.; assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Nov. ... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Gadsden
October 22, 200421, of Charleston, S.C.;( Wounded 21 August, 2004 in al Anbar Province, Iraq and succumbed to those injuries 22 October 2004 He was attached to 1st LAR at the time of his injuries but was with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1 Marine Division.. ) assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Oct. 22 at the Jam... [Read More]
Marine Sgt. Jason Cook
August 21, 200425, of Okanogan, Wash.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Aug.... [Read More]
Marine Pfc. Nachez Washalanta
August 21, 200421, of Bryan, Okla.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Aug. 21... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Mark E. Engel
July 21, 200421, of Grand Junction, Colo.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died J... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Scott E. Dougherty
July 06, 200420, of Bradenton Fla.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed July 6... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Justin T. Hunt
July 06, 200422, of Riverside, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 6 ... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Jeffrey D. Lawrence
July 06, 200422, of Tucson, Ariz.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died July 6 fr... [Read More]
Marine Pfc. Rodricka A. Youmans
July 06, 200422, of Allendale, S.C.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed July ... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy R. Creager
July 01, 200421, of Millington, Tenn.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed July ... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Bohlman
June 07, 200421, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Ju... [Read More]
Marine Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Molinabautista
May 23, 200437, of Rialto, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed by ... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Rudy Salas
May 20, 200420, of Baldwin Park, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Ronald R. Payne Jr.
May 07, 200423, of Lakeland, Fla.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed May 7, 2004, by... [Read More]
Marine Corps Cpl. Scott M. Vincent
April 30, 200421, of Bokoshe, Okla.; assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in ac... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf
April 08, 200421, of Versailles, Ky.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Apri... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory E. MacDonald
June 25, 200329, of Washington, D.C.; assigned to Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Frederick, Md.; died when the light armored vehicle he was traveling i... [Read More]
Marine Cpl. Douglas Jose Marenco Reyes
May 18, 200328, of Chino, Calif.; assigned to Light Armored Vehicle-Air Defense Battery, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; ... [Read More]
Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner
April 02, 200319, of Ohio City, Ohio; assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.&#... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson
April 02, 200326, of Durham, N.C.; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident wes... [Read More]
Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez del Solar
March 27, 200320, of Escondido, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed in action in Iraq.* * * ... [Read More]
Marine Corps Pfc. James R. Dillon Jr.
March 13, 200319 of Grove City Pa.; assigned to B Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; killed as a result of a self-i... [Read More]
