Staff Sergeant Braica was born February 9, 1990 in Sacramento, California. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 2010. In October 2010, he attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California. Private First Class Braica attended Marine Combat Training (West) at Camp Pendleton, California. In December 2010, Private First [...]
Sgt. Leach was born in Anchorage, Alaska on Aug. 26, 1989. At the age of six, he and his family moved to Fulton Missouri, where he was raised and graduated from high school in 2008. In April 2010, Sgt. Leach completed Recruit Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San [...]
Sgt. Joseph Murray was born in El Toro, California on Dec. 28, 1990. He graduated from Sandalwood High School, Jacksonville, Florida in May 2009 and reported to Recruit Training at Parris Island, South Carolina in August 2009. Upon graduating boot camp, he attended the School of Infantry in December [...]
Sergeant Chad Jenson was born and raised in Southern California, spending most of his time in Redondo Beach with his parents and older brother. He graduated from Mira Costa High School and enrolled in Harbor Community College, where he played football for several months before enlisting in the Marine [...]
Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman was born on Jan. 9, 1991. He attended Basic Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in September 2010, and upon completion, he attended Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton, CA and the Enlisted Basic Supply Course at Camp Johnson, North Carolina. Sgt. Schmieman reported [...]
Hospital Corpsman First Class Ryan Lohrey was born on Aug. 24, 1986 in Middleton, Indiana. He attended Shenandoah High School and entered the Navy on Sept. 27, 2007. He graduated from boot camp at Naval Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois in November 2007, then attending Hospital Corps “A” [...]
Staff Sergeant Cox was born on May 11, 1989. In July 2007, he attended Basic Training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, as a Reservist. He then attended Marine Combat Training and the Marine Corps Communication Electronics School, where he was promoted to Private First Class. Upon [...]
Staff Sergeant William Kundrat, a native of Frederick, Maryland, graduated from Gov. Thomas Johnson High School in 2002, the same year he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scout Troop 799, Fort Detrick, Maryland. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2002, first serving with with Weapons [...]
August 17, 1975 – December 20, 2015 2nd Marine Raider Battalion – Herat Province, Afghanistan Born in Fort Bragg, California, later moving to Western New York where he graduated from high school in Rochester, Master Sergeant Eden Pearl enlisted in the Marine Corps in June of 1994. MSgt. Pearl began his [...]
March 10, 2015 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion - Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Captain Shaw was born in Basking Ridge, NJ, and attended Ridge High School. He was Captain of the varsity lacrosse team and the student government president. After graduating in 2002 he attended the United States Naval Academy. [...]
