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Fallen Heroes

This page is dedicated in memory of our Fallen Marines who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation in either Afghanistan or Iraq.

Third Battalion, First Marines deployed to Kuwait in 2002 and participated in an urban exercise as part of Exercise Eager Mace. The following Marine paid the ultimate sacrifice during this deployment:
LCpl Sledd, AntonioDied Of Wounds08-Oct-02
Third Battalion, First Marines deployed to Iraq in 2004. In November 2004, the battalion participated in Operation Al Fajr, the second assault on the city of Fallujah. The following Marines paid the ultimate sacrifice during this deployment:
Sgt Nachampassak, Krisna
27, of Burke, Virginia		Accident10-Jul-04
PFC Reed, Christopher
20, of Craigmont, Idaho		Accident10-Jul-04
Cpl Holmes, Terry
22, of Hollywood, Florida		Accident10-Jul-04
SSgt Spink Trevor
36, of Farmington, Missouri		Accident10-Jul-04
Sgt Calderon, Juan
26, of Weslaco, Texas		Killed In Action2-Aug-04
LCpl Hannon, Fernando
19, of Wildomar, California		Died Of Wounds15-Aug-04
LCpl Perez, Geoffrey
24, of Los Angeles, California		Killed In Action15-Aug-04
Cpl Alvarez, Nicanor
22, of San Bernardino, California
He was attached from First Combat Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division, First Marine Expeditionary Force		Killed In Action21-Aug-04
Cpl Rintamaki, Steven
21, of Lynnwood, Washington		Killed In Action16-Sep-04
Cpl Oliveira, Brian
22, of Raynham, Massachusetts		Died Of Wounds25-Oct-04
Sgt James, William
24, of Huntington Beach, California		Killed In Action9-Nov-04
LCpl Larson, Nicholas
19, of Wheaton, Illinois		Killed In Action9-Nov-04
LCpl Segura, Juan
26, of Homestead, Florida		Killed In Action9-Nov-04
SSgt Slay, Russell
28, of Humble, Texas
He was attached from Second Assault Amphibian Battalion, Second Marine Division, Second Marine Expeditionary Force		Killed In Action9-Nov-04
LCpl Wood, Nathan
19, of Kirkland, Washington		Killed In Action9-Nov-04
LCpl Simpson, Abraham
19, of Chino, California		Killed In Action9-Nov-04
Cpl Bowling, Theodore
25, of Casselberry, Florida		Killed In Action11-Nov-04
Sgt Strader, Morgan
23, of Crossville, Indiana		Killed In Action12-Nov-04
Sgt Norwood, Byron
25, of Pflugerville, Texas		Killed In Action13-Nov-04
LCpl Bryan, Benjamin
23, of Lumberton, North Carolina		Killed In Action13-Nov-04
LCpl McLeese, Justin
19, of Covington, Louisiana		Killed In Action13-Nov-04
Cpl Burger, Dale
21, of Bel Air, Maryland		Killed In Action14-Nov-04
Cpl Perez, Andres
21, of Santa Cruz, California		Killed In Action14-Nov-04
LCpl Swain, James
20, of Kokomo, Indiana
He was attached from Headquarters Battalion, First Marine Division, First Marine Expeditionary Force		Killed In Action15-Nov-04
LCpl Ailes, Jeramy
22, of Gilroy, California		Killed in Action 15-Nov-04
LCpl Qualls, Louis
20, of Temple, Texas
He was attached from Second Battalion, Fourteenth Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve		Killed In Action16-Nov-04
Sgt Heflin, Christopher
26, of Paducah, Kentucky		Killed In Action16-Nov-04
LCpl Hanks, Michael
22, of Gregory, Michigan		Killed In Action17-Nov-04
LCpl Figueroa, Luis
21, of Los Angeles, California		Killed In Action18-Nov-04
LCpl Arms, Bradley
20, of Charlottesville, Virginia
He was attached from Fourth Combat Engineer Battalion, Fourth Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve		Killed In Action19-Nov-04
LCpl West, Phillip
19, of American Canyon, California		Killed In Action19-Nov-04
LCpl Welke, Joseph
20, of Rapid City, South Dakota		Died Of Wounds20-Nov-04
LCpl Dickinson, Joshua
25, of New Port Richey, Florida		Killed In Action12-Dec-04
The battalion re-deployed back to Iraq in September, 2005. While conducting security and stabilization operations in Western Iraq, the following Marines paid the ultimate sacrifice during this deployment:
Sgt Murray, Jeremy
27, of Atwater, Ohio		Killed In Action16-Nov-05
LCpl Terrazas, Miguel
20, of El Paso, Texas		Killed In Action19-Nov-05
Cpl Arellano-Pandura, Carlos
22, of Los Angeles, California		Killed In Action20-Jan-06
LCpl Dewey, Brandon
20, of San Joaquin, California		Killed In Action20-Jan-06
In 2007, Third Battalion, First Marines deployed as the ground combat element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The battalion was ordered into Iraq as part of Operation Phantom Thunder. The following Marines paid the ultimate sacrifice during this deployment:
LCpl Villarreal, Emmanuel
21, of Eagle Pass, Texas
He was attached from First Battalion, Eleventh Marines, First Marine Division, First Marine Expeditionary Force		Accident27-May-07
LCpl Stacy, Steven
23, of Coos Bay, Oregon		Died Of Wounds5-Jul-07
Cpl Stokes, Sean
24, of Auburn, California
After deploying to Iraq, the following Marine was detached and served in Afghanistan during this deployment.		Died Of Wounds30-Jul-07
Cpl Woods, Travis
21, of Redding, California
He was assigned to First Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Pendleton, California.		Died Of Wounds9-Sep-07

It is the battalion’s utmost desire to ensure accurate information is displayed in the testimony of each Marine and his family’s ultimate sacrifice and patriotic service. If any of the information displayed is incorrect, please contact 3/1 immediately through the unit email address: 1mardiv31bnmailbox@usmc.mil.

Semper Fidelis!