Steven C.T. Cates, 22

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: September 20, 2004
Anbar province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Mount Juliet, Tenn.

Cates was killed in enemy action in Iraq's Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad.