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Orville Gerena
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Name: Marine Cpl. Orville Gerena
Age: 21
From: Virginia Beach, Va.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Orville Gerena was killed Feb. 6 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in Hit, Iraq.
Died: February 06, 2006
21-year-old Va. Marine killed in Iraq
Age: 21
From: Virginia Beach, Va.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Orville Gerena was killed Feb. 6 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in Hit, Iraq.
Died: February 06, 2006
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21-year-old Va. Marine killed in Iraq
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach Marine was killed during combat in Iraq, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Cpl. Orville Gerena, 21, died Feb. 6 from the blast of an improvised explosive device while fighting in Hit, Iraq, a small city west of Baghdad. Another Marine, Lance Cpl. Davis S. Parr of Benson, N.C., also was killed in the blast.
Both were members of the Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Maine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Gerena joined the Marine Corps in 2002 while living in Virginia Beach. He was born in Puerto Rico.
Gerena had served at least two...
Occupation
Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Orville Gerena was killed Feb. 6 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations in Hit, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Orville Gerena
2007-04-22
a warrior. a hero. i wish i could post those simple words on every man & woman's tribute page.. May your family be proud, America is and we thank you and weep for you and your family.
Semper Fi Marine.
Orville Gerena
2006-05-18
papi te amo y extrano please regresa a mi...i still have the hope that this is just a dream and that you will come knocking on the fron door.
me
me
Orville Gerena
2006-05-16
Semper Fi. rest in peace Marine