
PITTSBURGH — A Marine from western Pennsylvania who volunteered to go to Iraq was killed May 3 in Anbar province, where the turbulent cities of Ramadi and Fallujah are located, according to defense officials and his family.
Gunnery Sgt. Ronald E. Baum, 38, of Hollidaysburg, was a member of the 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Defense officials did not release further information. His brother Jodi Baum, 28, of Altoona, Pa., said defense officials told the family that Baum was in the turret of a Humvee when it was hit by a rocket. Two other Marines in the vehicle survived, Jodi Baum said.
“Ronnie was just...