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Three Of Jessica Lynch's rescuers are dead. Also a member of the 507th Maintenance Company killed himself. July 7, Josh Speer (AP) A U.S. Marine who was part of the unit that helped rescue Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch died in a car crash on his first weekend home since returning from Iraq.Link to story August 23, David M. Tapper Killed in Afghanistan, the Navy SEAL was part of the Iraq team that rescued POW Jessica Lynch. Tapper, 32, died there Wednesday while conducting combat operations in a lawless province near the Pakistani border - an area where the military believes...

LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 21 — It’s a unique American story of hope, courage and, ultimately, tragedy and great sorrow. It involves a young American Marine and his sad trip to this city this weekend, to the Presidio National Cemetery. NBC’s Dawn Fratangelo reports. IN LONG BEACH, there were prayers for a Marine who fought in Iraq — 22-year-old Lance Cpl. Sokki Khak Ung, a Cambodian American who was awarded the Purple Heart. His unit created the diversion away from the hospital in Nasiriyah so Special Forces could rescue Private Jessica Lynch. Ung was also injured by an explosive device...

A MARINE who helped in the rescue of US Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq was shot dead at a family barbecue in California, just 12 days before he was to be discharged.Lance Corporal Sok Khak Ung, 22, and a family friend, Vouthy Tho, 21, were killed on Monday in a garage at a Long Beach home by a gunman who fired six to eight shots before fleeing, police said.Yesterday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe offered a $US10,000 ($14,000) reward for information on the killings."I am outraged that someone would so cowardly gun down this brave soldier," Knabe said....

<p>LONG BEACH, California (AP) -- A Marine who helped in the rescue of Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch in Iraq was shot to death at a family barbecue, just 12 days before he was to be discharged.</p> <p>Lance Cpl. Sok Khak Ung, 22, and a family friend, Vouthy Tho, 21, were killed early Sunday in a garage at a Long Beach home by a gunman who fired six to eight shots before fleeing, police said.</p>