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Jaygee Meluat
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Name: Marine Cpl. Jaygee Meluat
Age: 24
From: Tamuning, Guam
Assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Jaygee Meluat was killed Sept. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: September 13, 2004
Age: 24
From: Tamuning, Guam
Assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Jaygee Meluat was killed Sept. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: September 13, 2004
Jaygee Meluat and his wife, Melanie, playfully tried to predict the gender of the couple's first baby. He wanted a girl; she wanted a boy. But he had to miss the birth due to training. "When I gave birth to our daughter he called me and teased me: 'I told you we would have a girl, I don't know why you never listen to me.' He said that since he got his baby girl I could name her," Melanie said. She named the baby MiaCai in honor of the proud new father. She said "mia" means “mine” and "cai" means “girl”. Jaygee Meluat, 24, of Tamuning, Guam, was killed Sept. 13 in Iraq’s Anbar province. The day he died was their daughter's third birthday. Meluat was a native of Palau, the youngest of 12 children, and had moved to Guam as...
Occupation
3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Jaygee Meluat was killed Sept. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Jaygee Meluat
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.