Nathaniel S. Rock
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Age: 26
From: Toronto, Ohio
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Brook Park, Ohio attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Sgt. Nathaniel S. Rock was killed Aug. 1 by enemy small-arms fire while conducting dismounted operations outside Haditha, Iraq. Also
Died: August 01, 2005
Ohio Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
TORONTO, Ohio — An Ohio Marine was killed while on a mission with a sniper unit in Iraq, his family said Tuesday.
Sgt. Nathaniel Rock, 26, was one of at least five Marines killed Monday in action, the military told his family.
“He was very proud to be a Marine,” said his mother, Adriana Rock. She did not know details of her son’s death.
Rock joined the Marines after graduating from Toronto High School in 1997 and served for six years, his mother said. He then joined the reserves and had been serving in Iraq since March.
Rock was a part-time police officer in Martins Ferry, along with his brother, Jared, Adriana Rock said.
The Martins Ferry police chief said Rock was a respected officer who performed his job well.
“He was a young police officer that took a vested interest in everyone and especially his work. He was here at every opportunity and I...
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