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Marine Pfc. Oscar A. Martinez

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by tommy @ 9:22 am

19, of North Lauderdale, Fla.

assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed Oct. 12 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

Pfc. Oscar A. Martinez, 19, joined the Marine Corps last year, shortly before graduating from North Lauderdale High School, said his sister, Morena Martinez. He was a member of the I Marine Expeditionary Force based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

“Ever since he was little he dreamt of being a Marine,” Morena Martinez said…

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Meredith Says:
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.
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