Marine Lance Cpl. Samuel Tapia
Death: Dec 18, 2005
of San Benito Texas; assigned to the 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division I Marine Expeditionary Force Twentynine Palms Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Dec. 18 by small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Ramadi Iraq. Operation Iraqi Freedom