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Bumrok Lee, 21
Marines, Corporal
Based:
Camp Pendleton
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
June 2, 2004
Baghdad (military hospital),
Iraq
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Sunnyvale
High School:
Homestead High (Cupertino)
Foreign Country of Birth:
South Korea
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Bum was the kind of guy everyone got along with. To wake up every day to go out patrolling for [explosives] so that others may be safe takes unimaginable courage and mental fortitude.
— Zheng Chen, childhood friend and fellow Marine
Lee was born in South Korea and moved to the United States when he was 4. His longtime girlfriend was serving as a medic in Iraq when he was killed.
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