Brian P. Parrello
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Age: 19
From: West Milford, N.J.
Assigned to Small Craft Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Brian P. Parrello was killed Jan. 1 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: January 01, 2005
New Jersey Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WEST MILFORD, N.J. — A 19-year-old Marine from Passaic County who was killed in Iraq is being remembered as a dedicated member of the military.
Lance Cpl. Brian Parrello was killed Friday while serving with the 2nd Marine Division, Small Craft Company, in the city of Hadithah, but details were scarce, his family said.
His brother, Matthew Parrello, 22, said Brian “wanted to serve his country, and he loved what he was doing.”
The family was notified of his death about 2 p.m. on Saturday, and Marine officers told them additional information should be available by Tuesday.
“He was proud to be a Marine, and he loved the guys he was serving with,” Matthew Parrello told The Record of Bergen County for Monday’s newspapers.
Parrello was unsure what his brother’s exact duties were, but he said Brian told his family about working on riverboats on the Euphrates...
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Prayers & Messages
Is not to die.
Rest in peace