Local Marine is one of three killed October 8th in Iraq. Derek Jones was a graduate of Sprague High School.
(AL ANBAR, Iraq) - The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. One is a local high school graduate from Salem.
Lance Cpl. Derek W. Jones, 21, of Salem, Oregen, died Oct. 8th from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
Fighting in Iraq October 8th and 9th claimed the lives of two American soldiers and six Marines who were killed in various operations.
Other Marines who were killed killed Octrober 8th were Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Chinook, Mont., and Captain Robert M. Secher, 33, of Germantown, Tenn. Both died Oct. 8th from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.
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