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Megan Malia Leilani McClung (April 14, 1972 – December 6, 2006) was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War, and the first female graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to be killed in the line of duty. [1][2] Major McClung was serving as a public affairs officer in Al Anbar Province, Iraq when she ...
Chance Phelps. Chance Russell Phelps (July 14, 1984 – April 9, 2004) was a private first class – posthumously promoted to lance corporal [1] in the United States Marine Corps. He served with 2nd Platoon, Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment (3/11), 1st Marine Division, and I Marine Expeditionary Force, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Helped save the lives of a dozen Marines while killing four insurgents in heavy close-quarters urban combat. Brent Morel * Captain: Navy Cross: 1st Reconnaissance Battalion: April 7, 2004 [23] Fallujah (First Battle) Killed while personally leading a series of assaults against 40-60 insurgents. [23] Rafael Peralta * Sergeant: Navy Cross: 1st ...
Douglas Alexander Zembiec (April 14, 1973 – May 11, 2007), nicknamed the "Lion of Fallujah " [1][2] and also referred to as the "Unapologetic Warrior", [3] was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and member of the CIA 's Special Activities Division 's Ground Branch who was killed in action while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. [4]
Biography. Blecksmith was born in Pasadena, California, September 26, 1980. He attended Valentine School, in San Marino, through 2nd grade, before his family moved to Seattle, Washington in 1989. After two years, the family returned to Southern California and Blecksmith enrolled at the Flintridge Preparatory School where he graduated in 1999.
Rafael Peralta (April 7, 1979 – November 15, 2004) was a United States Marine killed in combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War. In September 2008 his family was notified that he was awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest award a United States Marine can receive. [1] In February 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray ...
Bronze Star x 2 with "V". Major Brian R. Chontosh (born 1974 in Rochester, New York) is a retired [citation needed] United States Marine Corps officer who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. At the time, he was a platoon commander for Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
The Haditha massacre is a supposed war crime they say was commited on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States Marines killed 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians. [1][2] The killings occurred in the city of Haditha in Iraq 's western province of Al Anbar. Among the dead were men, women, elderly people and children as young as three years old ...