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Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, 30, of Wheatridge, Colorado, died from wounds sustained from an incident in Logar province, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2010. His body was recovered July 25. Petty Officer 2nd Class McNeley was assigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1), San Diego. </d

Birth: Died: June 18, 2010 &#8211; Helmand Province, Afghanistan Seaman William Ortega, 23, of Miami, Fla., died June 18 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device blast while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. Ortega was assigned as a hospital corpsman to Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, I [.

Seaman William Ortega, 23, of Miami, Florida, died June 18, 2010, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device blast while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. Seaman Ortega was assigned as a hospital corpsman to Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. </d

Birth: June 12, 1987 – Oregon Died: November 28, 2009 – Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates PO3 Mudge was killed when he was electrocuted while working in a machinery space aboard the guided missile frigate Rentz while on a port call in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates. David was the fifth of seven children and spent [.

Born: April 29, 1971 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts Died: May 2, 2004 in Iraq Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott R. McHugh of Boca Raton Florida grew up in Boca Raton and graduated from Spanish River High in 1989. He loved fishing and playing pool, but never really settled on a career so he attended Palm [.

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Xin Qi, 25, of Cordova, Tennessee, died January 23, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. Petty Officer 2nd Class Qi was assigned to Fourth Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan. </d

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