John M. Holmason, 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: December 3, 2005
Fallouja (near), Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Surprise, Ariz.

Holmason was among 10 Marines killed when a makeshift bomb fashioned from several large artillery shells exploded near Fallouja, west of Baghdad.