Marine Maj. Ramon J. Mendoza Jr.
Death: Nov 14, 2005
of Columbus Ohio; assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit I Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Pendleton Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Nov. 14 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in New Ubaydi Iraq. Also killed was Lance Cpl. Christopher M. McCrackin. Operation Iraqi Freedom