MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 19, 2005) -- With
family, friends and fellow service members in attendance, a memorial
service was held at the base theater for the fallen Marines and sailor
of 2d Marine Division who gave their lives in support of the War on
Terrorism.



A total of 53 service members from the division were lost in Iraq and Afghanistan from April 9 to Dec. 31, 2004.



?We came together today to honor the 53 humble heroes,? said Navy Capt. Mark L. Tidd the 2d Marine Division chaplain.



?These were Marines you could trust to watch your back,? said Maj. Gen.
Richard A. Huck, commanding general, 2d Marine Division. ?They loved
their country.?



With the lights low and the crowd quiet, the theater was somber with 53
monuments positioned on the stage for all to see. As the service
progressed, the general made his speech followed by battalion
commanders reading scriptures from the Bible.



Tidd was the last to speak before roll call for the fallen comrades. He
spoke of what encompasses courage. First was strength, which Marines
spend countless hours doing physical training to get prepared for
combat, he said. They also do training to better prepare them for
situations that arise in combat.



Tidd next spoke of leadership where every Marine is a leader in his own
way. Not everyone is born with leadership qualities, but when they are
in this line of work they are going to be leaders at one time or
another, he said.



The last part of courage comes from the soul, Tidd added. People who
have the first two and not believing in themselves don?t have courage.
They can only have courage if all three pieces fit together.



Following Tidd?s remarks the names of the Marines and sailor were read off while all the participants stood in honor.



?We draw strength from those lost and then we move on. Not with our
heads down, but with them held high because of those Marines and
sailors dedication and courage,? Tidd said. ?We owe it to them to do
that.?



In Memory of:



LCpl Adam Brooks, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



LCpl Dustin Fitzgerald, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



LCpl Charles Hanson Jr., 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



Sgt Edgar Lopez, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



LCpl Vincent Sullivan, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



Cpl Christopher Belchik, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



LCpl Nicholas Morrison, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



Sgt Michael Speer, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



LCpl Andrew Zabierek, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



GySgt Ronald Baum, attached to 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



LCpl Bryan Kelly, attached to 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment



PFC Daniel McClenney, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment



LCpl Juston Thacker, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment



LCpl Russell White, 3d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment



Cpl Nathan Anderson, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Cpl Kirk Bosselmann, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Demarkus Brown, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Travis Desiato, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Bradley Faircloth, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Dimitrios Gavriel, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Cpl Todd Godwin, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Michael Halal, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Jeffery Holmes, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl David Houck, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Cpl Romulo Jimenez II, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Sgt Richard Lord, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



1stLt Dan Malcom Jr., 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Cpl Gentian Marku, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl William Miller, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



LCpl Bradley Parker, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Cpl Nicholas Ziolkowski, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



Sgt Lonny Wells, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment



2dLt Ryan Leduc, 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment



Cpl Binh Le, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment



Cpl Matthew Wyatt, 5th Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment



HM3 David Cedergren, Headquarters Battalion



Sgt Christopher Heflin, Headquarters Battalion



LCpl Wesley Canning, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion



LCpl Brian Schramm, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion



SSgt Russell Slay, 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion



LCpl Timothy Creager, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



LCpl Scott Dougherty, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



LCpl Mark Engel, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



LCpl Justin Hunt, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



Cpl Jeffery Lawrence, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



Cpl Ronald Payne, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



Cpl Scott Vincent, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



PFC Rodricka Youmans, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion



LCpl Joshua Lucero, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion



LCpl Cesar Machadoolmos, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion



Cpl Joshua Wilfong, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion



Cpl Kevin Dempsey, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion



GySgt Javier Obleas, 2d Reconnaissance Battalion