Kurt E. Dechen, 24

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Camp Pendleton
1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: August 3, 2006
Anbar province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Springfield, Vt.

Dechen was killed in combat in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad.