NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense
No. 137-03
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 22, 2003
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INDENTIFIES MARINES KILLED IN ACTION
The Department of Defense announced today the identities of two U.S. Marines killed in action on March 21 in Southern
Iraq. Killed were: 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison, Miss.
Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, Los Angeles, Calif.
Childers was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Gutierrez
was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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