Kane'ohe Marine killed
By William Cole
Advertiser Military Writer
Another Hawai'i Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment has been killed in Iraq.
The Pentagon yesterday said Lance Cpl. Timothy W. Brown, 21, of Sacramento, died Tuesday while conducting combat operations in western Iraq.
Brown is the ninth Hawai'i Marine with the 2nd Battalion 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 said three Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 — the higher command for Hawai'i Marines — were killed Tuesday.
Marine Corps officials at Kane'ohe Bay could not say whether other Hawai'i Marines also were killed.
"We can only confirm one right now," said Maj. Chris Perrine, a base spokesman.
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.
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