No. 955-04
IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2004
DoD Identifies Marine Casualties

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


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Lance Cpl. Ramon Mateo, 20, of Suffolk, N.Y.



All four Marines died Sept. 24. . . . Mateo were killed as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. . . .



. . . Mateo were assigned to Headquarters and Service Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.



Leduc was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.



For further information related to . . . Mateo contact the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Public Affairs Office at (760) 830-6213.


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