David A. Mendez Ruiz, 20

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: November 12, 2005
Amiriya, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Mendez Ruiz was one of two Marines killed when an improvised explosive device detonated in Amiriya, west of Baghdad.

One memory of David A. Mendez Ruiz