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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release

  No. 320-06
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2006

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty


           

 

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

            Lance Cpl. Philip J. Martini, 24, of Lansing, Ill., died April 8, of a gunshot wound while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.  Martini was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

            Media with questions about these Marines can call the Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044.

 

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060414-12827.html



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