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Lance Cpl. Derek L. Gardner

Hometown: San Juan Capistrano, California, U.S.

Age: 20 years old

Died: September 6, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Unit: Marines, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Incident: Killed in a car bomb attack near Fallujah.

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