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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