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3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5, nicknamed Dark Horse) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps. The battalion is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California and consists of approximately 1,000 Marines and Fleet Marine Force Navy personnel.
The five — two enlisted men and three officers — were all younger than 30 years old. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
The Marine Corps released the names Friday of the five Marines killed when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter went down in the mountains outside San Diego during a historic storm. The ...
The helicopter crashed between Las Vegas and San Diego, near the Cleveland National Forest
Benfold was killed in action on September 5, 1952, while saving the lives of two wounded Marines he was aiding in a crater from two enemy hand grenades at "Outpost Bruce" which was held by Marines of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines [15] [16] in North Korea during the Battle of Bunker Hill (September 5–15, 1952) in western Korea. [17] [18]
He is reported to have killed at least 20 enemy soldiers during the incident. [1] Chontosh returned to Iraq during the second half of 2004 as the company commander of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. During this time his company took part in Operation Phantom Fury, the second assault on Fallujah in November 2004. Of the 158 Marines he ...
The military confirmed that five U.S. Marines aboard a helicopter that went down during stormy weather on a flight from Nevada to California are dead.
Private First Class Coker then joined a replacement company, Staging Battalion, at Camp Pendleton, for transfer to the Republic of Vietnam. Upon his arrival in Vietnam, in November 1968, he was assigned duty as a rifleman with Company M, 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division. While serving in this capacity, he was killed in action in ...