2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers

Hometown: Harrison, Mississippi, U.S.

Age: 30 years old

Died: March 21, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Incident: Shot in firefight to secure Rumaila oil field in southern Iraq.