IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 085-06
January 31, 2006
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DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two
Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Lance Cpl. Hugo R. Lopezlopez, 20, of La Habra, Calif., died
Jan. 27 at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, from wounds sustained
from an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations
against enemy forces in Rawah, Iraq on Nov. 20, 2005. He was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom,
his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force,
(Forward).
Cpl. Felipe C. Barbosa, 21, of High Point, N.C., died Jan. 28
from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to
2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.