Marines and sailors serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, stand in formation behind a memorial cross here Dec. 10, 2012, in remembrance of Petty Officer 2nd Class Clayton R. Baeuchamp, a hospital corpsman with the battalion’s Bravo Company, who was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan, Aug. 7. Baeuchamp was 21 years old and a native of Weatherford, Texas. The practice of forming the memorial cross began during the American Civil War as a means of identifying bodies on the battlefield. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah J. Wolff)
Date Taken: | 12.10.2012 |
Date Posted: | 12.12.2012 18:21 |
Photo ID: | 799851 |
VIRIN: | 121210-M-LD192-079 |
Resolution: | 2867x4300 |
Size: | 1.34 MB |
Location: | MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
Hometown: | WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, US |
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