Samuel Tapia, 20

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 18, 2005
Ramadi, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Benito, Texas

Tapia was killed by small-arms fire while on patrol in Ramadi, west of Baghdad.

One memory of Samuel Tapia