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Cpl. Nicholas J. Dieruf

Hometown: Versailles, Kentucky, U.S.

Age: 21 years old

Died: April 8, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Incident: Killed when his unit was ambushed with machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades near Husaybah.

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