Brandon T. Lara, 20

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: July 19, 2009
Anbar province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: New Braunfels, Texas

Lara was killed in combat in Anbar province, west of Baghdad.