Joseph P. Bier, 22

Based in California

Marines, Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 7, 2005
Ramadi, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Centralia, Wash.

Bier was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near him during combat in Ramadi, west of Baghdad.