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Miyuki Cawley, the wife of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt James Cawley, holds the flag from her husband's casket in her lap during graveside services at the Roy City Cemetery Thursday, April 10, 2003 in Roy, Utah. Cawley died March 29, 2003 while serving in Iraq and also was a member of the Salt Lake City police force. Bishop Jaime Soto is shown Friday, April 11, 2003, at St. Joaquim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif., at the funeral of U.S. Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, shown in foreground. Garibay was killed March 23, 2003, after encountering Iraqi troops near...

Two Marines Who Drowned Deemed Accident .c The Associated Press PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The deaths of two Marines who drowned while crossing a canal in southeast Iraq were ruled accidental, a military official said Monday. The probe concluded there was no negligence by commanding officers in the deaths of Evan James of La Harpe and Sgt. Bradley Korthaus of Davenport, Iowa, said Gunnery Sgt. James Howard, a spokesman for their Peoria-based reserve unit. The investigation reclassified the deaths as occurring in a hostile environment. That indicates the Marines were under threat of war when they disappeared in the Saddam...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.