Updated at 2:38 p.m., Thursday, November 16, 2006
Second Hawai'i Marine killed in Iraq Tuesday identified
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Lance Cpl. Michael D. Scholl, 21, of Lincoln, Neb. died while conducting combat operations.
The Pentagon yesterday said Lance Cpl. Timothy W. Brown, 21, of Sacramento, also died Tuesday while conducting combat operations in western Iraq.
Brown and Scholl are the ninth and 10th Hawai'i Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment to be killed in Iraq since late September. Approximately 1,000 Marines with the unit are serving a seven-month tour in the Haditha Dam area northwest of Baghdad.
Multinational Corps-Iraq yesterday said three Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 — the higher command for Hawai'i Marines — were killed Tuesday.
Brown, an assaultman, joined the Marine Corps in September of 2005 and reported to Hawai'i in March. He deployed to Iraq in September.
His awards include the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
