Ramon Mateo, 20

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Headquarters and Service Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: September 24, 2004
Anbar province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Suffolk, N.Y.

Mateo was among three Marines killed that day in enemy action in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad.