Steven P. Gill
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Age: 24
From: Round Rock, Texas
Assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, San Antonio attached to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Cpl. Steven P. Gill was killed July 21 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Zaidon, Iraq.
Died: July 21, 2005
Texas Marine dies in Iraq
Associated Press
ROUND ROCK, Texas — A 24-year-old Marine reservist killed in an explosion during a combat operation in Iraq was moved to enlist by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Cpl. Steven P. Gill, of Round Rock, died Thursday near Zaidon, Iraq, after an improvised explosive device went off. He had embarked on his first tour of duty in Iraq in March.
“We’ve lost a piece of our heart today,” said Bill Gill, the Marine’s father.
At least 159 Texas service members have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Gill enrolled at Concordia University, studying at campuses in Austin and Lake Forest, Ill., after graduating from Westwood High School in 1999.
His father said Gill had planned to enter the seminary. He later decided to be a youth minister because of his love of children and his own involvement in church youth...
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Prayers & Messages
You are not forgotten, Steven P. Gill.