Taylor D. Marks
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Age: 19
From: Monmouth, Ore.
Assigned to the 41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, Portland, Ore.
Incident: Army Spc. Taylor D. Marks died Aug. 28 in Rashid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an explosively formed penetrator. Also killed was Army Sgt. Earl D. Werner.
Died: August 28, 2009
2 Oregon guardsmen killed in Iraq
The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon National Guard has identified two soldiers killed when a convoy they were guarding was attacked in Iraq.
Pfc. Taylor D. Marks, 19, and a decorated veteran, Sgt. Earl D. Werner, 38, died Aug. 28 when the convoy was struck by an explosively formed penetrator, or EFP, an armor-piercing explosive that turns into a projectile when detonated.
Werner was on his third deployment with the Oregon National Guard. He had been awarded the Bronze Star, two Army Commendation Medals and the Combat Action Badge.
He is survived by his wife Casey and son Charles of Amboy, Wash.
Marks, of Monmouth, was a graduate of Central High School. He is survived by his parents and stepfather, and his sister and brother.
Both were serving with the 41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
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