Brian K. Schramm
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Age: 22
From: Rochester, N.Y.
Assigned to 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Brian K. Schramm was killed Oct. 15 by enemy action in Babil province, Iraq.
Died: October 15, 2004
Marine killed in Iraq remembered as ‘genuine person’
Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Friends remembered a 22-year-old Marine killed in Iraq last week for his sense of humor.
Lance Cpl. Brian K. Schramm, of Rochester, died Friday in Iraq’s Babil province, a hotspot south of Baghdad where the U.S. military launched a major offensive this month to try to quell insurgents. He was serving his second tour of duty in the country.
The Defense Department did not release details about Schramm’s death, but his father, Keith Schramm, said his son was killed by shrapnel, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in New York reported.
Schramm, who was assigned to the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Second Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was described by friends and family as a decent person with a sense of humor.
“He was the most genuine person you’d ever meet in your entire...