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Lance Pedro Contreras
Profile
Name: Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras
Age: 27
From: Harris, Texas
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras was killed June 21 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: June 21, 2004
Texas Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 27
From: Harris, Texas
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras was killed June 21 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: June 21, 2004
Texas Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A 27-year-old Marine from the Houston area was killed by hostile fire in Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras, who was from Harris County, died Monday in an attack in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles west of Baghdad, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. Officials did not say if Contreras was among the four U.S. Marines gunned down Monday by insurgents there.
Contreras was a rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Contreras joined the Marine Corps on May 7, 2001, and earned several honors, including the National Defense Service Medal and the Sea Service...
Occupation
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Lance Cpl. Pedro Contreras was killed June 21 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Lance Pedro Contreras
2012-11-25
We love you and miss you..My kids we always remember there uncle,My husband will always be a proud brother..8
Lance Pedro Contreras
2007-04-04
God bless you LCpl Contreras. It's Marines like you that will keep us from wearing burkas, and speaking arabic. You did your job Marine! Your Country is greatful.
Ray Ramirez
1stSgt US Marine Ret.