Christopher M. McCrackin, 20
Based in California
Marines, Lance Corporal
Based:
Camp Pendleton
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
November 14, 2005
Ubaydi (near Syrian border),
Iraq
McCrackin was one of two Marines killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi, an insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border.