Todd M. Siebert
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Age: 34
From: Baden, Pa.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Capt. Todd M. Siebert died Feb. 16 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: February 16, 2007
Pittsburgh-area Marine killed by bomb in Iraq, family says
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH � A Marine from the Pittsburgh area was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, his family said.
Infantry Capt. Todd M. Siebert, who would have turned 35 next month, was on patrol Feb. 16 near Anbar province, according to his brother-in-law, Glenn Ridenour of Pine Township.
Siebert, who served with the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Marines, was deployed to Iraq in January after visiting his family at Christmas, Ridenour said. He had previously spent 10 days in Iraq and also served in Afghanistan in 2001, after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Relatives said Siebert always wanted to be in the military, often dressing like a soldier in the backyard when he was very young.
�Probably 70 percent of his life was dedicated to being in the military,� said his brother, Tom Siebert. �I don�t know what his driving force was. He was just...