Juan Lopez-Castaneda, 19

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: August 14, 2008
Helmand province, Afghanistan
Gender: Male
Hometown: Mesa, Ariz.

Lopez-Castaneda was one of two Marines killed when a roadside bomb exploded near them while they were on foot patrol in the town of Sangin in Afghanistan's Helmand province, southwest of Kabul.

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