IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 143-06
February 16, 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.



Killed we



Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Barnes, 20, of West Monroe, La.



Cpl. Rusty L. Washam, 21, of Huntsville, Tenn.



Both Marines died Feb. 14, when a suicide car bomber attacked
their vehicle near Al Qa'im, Iraq. They were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th
Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp
Lejeune, N.C.