The Department of Defense announced today the death of Cpl. Albert P. Gettings, 27, of New Castle, Pa
 

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 019-06
January 9, 2006

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DoD Identifies Marine Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of three
Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Adam L. Cann, 23, of Davie, Fla.

Cpl. Albert P. Gettings, 27, of New Castle, Pa.

Lance Cpl. Ryan S. McCurdy, 20, of Baton Rouge, La.

Cann was killed in action Jan. 5 by a suicide bomb attack on an
Iraqi police recruitment center in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to
Security Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. During
Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Gettings and McCurdy died Jan. 5 from wounds received as a result
of enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy
forces in Fallujah, Iraq. Gettings was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C. McCurdy was assigned to Headquarters Company, 2nd Marine
Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.