James L. Moore
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Age: 24
From: Roseburg, Ore.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Cpl. James L. Moore was killed Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter in which he was riding crashed near Rutbah, Iraq. Twenty-nine Marines and one sailor also were
Died: January 26, 2005
Soldier from Roseburg killed in Iraq chopper crash
Associated Press
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Marine from Roseburg was among 31 soldiers killed this week when a military transport helicopter crashed in western Iraq, family members said Thursday.
Cpl. James Lee Moore, 24, is the 38th person with Oregon ties to die in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Members of Moore’s family said he had been inside the helicopter along with 29 other Marines and one sailor, all but four of whom were from a Marine Corps base in Kailua, Hawaii.
The cause of the crash is unknown. Military officials said there was severe weather in the desert the helicopter was flying through.
The Roseburg native has been in Iraq since late summer, according to the Roseburg News-Review, which first reported his death. He is a 1999 graduate of Roseburg high school.
His family heard of his death on Wednesday night, when several Marines came to their door,...
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Is not to die.
Rest in peace