6 Marines Who Died in Iraq Flood Identified
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The Marine Corps on Wednesday released the names of six Marines killed when their 7-ton truck overturned Sunday during a flash flood in Iraq.
Killed were Cpl. David Bass of Davidson, Tenn.; Lance Cpl. Patrick Gallagher of Duval, Fla.; Lance Cpl. Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores of Los Angeles; and Cpl. Brian St. Germain of Kent, Rhode Island, all based at Camp Pendleton. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Abraham Twitchell of Yelm, Wash., based at Twentynine Palms; and Cpl. Andres Aguilar of Victoria, Texas, based at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
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