Ryan J. Burgess, 21

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 21, 2006
Anbar province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Sanford, Mich.

Burgess was one of two Marines killed in combat that day in Iraq's Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad.