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Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, build a battle cross during a memorial ceremony on Patrol Base Hassan Abad, Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 22. Pfc. Jason H. Estopinal, a rifleman with Golf Company, 2/2, Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Eckard an explosive ordinance disposal technician attached to Golf Company, 2/2, Lance Cpl. Adam D. Peak, a mortarman with Weapons Company, 2/2, Lance Cpl. Eric L. Ward, a machine gunner with Weapons Company, and Lance Cpl. Garrett W. Gamble, an automatic rifleman with Golf Company, 2/2, were killed in action while conducting counterinsurgency operations in Garmsir District. "I want [Eckard's] boys to know that he is a true American hero as are Pfc. Estopinal, Lance Cpl. Peak, Lance Cpl. Ward, and Lance Cpl. Gamble," said Gunnery Sgt. Daniel R. Thibault Jr., an explosive ordinance technician attached to 2/2. "Let's keep their memories alive by continuing to close with and destroy the enemy and believing in our mission."
| Date Taken: | 03.22.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.26.2010 04:42 |
| Photo ID: | 263171 |
| VIRIN: | 100322-M-9915H-002 |
| Resolution: | 2283x3366 |
| Size: | 839.28 KB |
| Location: | HELMAND PROVINCE, AF |
| Web Views: | 215 |
| Downloads: | 24 |
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