U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion,
7th Marines, 1st Marine Division watch
the
perimeter after taking the headquarters
of the Iraqi
51st and 32nd mechanized infantry divisions
in a
gun battle near Az Bayer, Iraq on Friday,
March 21, 2003. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) |
DOHA, Qatar - Two U.S. Marines were
killed in Iraq, the U.S. Central Command confirmed Friday.
The first, from 1st Marine Division, died
early Friday after leading his infantry platoon in a firefight to secure
an oil pumping station in southern Iraq.
The marine's platoon engaged a platoon
of dismounted Iraqi infantry. The marine was transported by helicopter
to a surgical company in Kuwait.
The second, a Marine from the 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force, died at approximately 4 p.m. while taking actions
against enemy Iraqi forces near the port of Umm Qasr. |
