The Marine Corp League Tucson Detachment is looking for a "Few Good Men and Women!"
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Commandant:
Manny Munguia
Sr. Vice Cmdt:
John Rodriquez
Jr. Vice Cmdt.:
Marty Ramirez
Judge Advocate:
Ben Rivera
Paymaster:
Bert Rincon
Chaplain:
Andy Herreras
Sgt. At Arms:
Ron Dominguez
Adjutant:
Kathy Robinson
Board of Directors:
Anna Marie Arenas
Jerry Coyle
Antonio N Esparza
Harry Gilmore
Al Majalca
Oscar Montijo
Devil Pup Liason:
David Caballero
Harold Don
Al Garcia
Jr Past Cmdt:
Abner Reese Jr.
VA Service Officer:
Fred Hollwedel
Clubhouse Manager:
Anna Marie Arenas
Newsletter Editor:
Virginia Rivera
Members:
Ernie Gonzales
Edward MacIntyre
Ben Rivera
Fallen Tucson Heros
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Killed in Iraq
U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Kelly Cataudella, 28. Died: Aug. 30, 2003 in Ba'qubah near Tikrit, Iraq. Assigned to 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas. Graduating class of 1944 from Rincon High.
U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Biskie, 27. Died: Dec. 24, 2003 near Samarra, Iraq. He was assigned to 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, based in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Attended Tucson Junior Academy parochial school. In his junior year, he moved with his mother to Vermillion, Ohio, in 1993.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Paul Zurheide Jr., 20. Died: April 12, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. He was a rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, based in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Graduating class of 2001 from Desert View High.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeffrey David Lawrence, 22. Died July 6, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Graduating class of 2000 from Palo Verde High Magnet .
U.S. Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 25. Died: Sept. 25, 2004, Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion, based in Camp Howze, Korea. Lived in Tucson part of his youth, then Virginia, returning to Tucson in 2002.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua E. Lucero, 19. Died: Nov. 27, 2004 in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion of 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Graduating class of 2003 from Sunnyside High.
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Tina Time, 22. Died: Dec. 13, 2004, in southeast Iraq. She was ssigned to 208th Transportation Co., based in Tucson. Lived in Tucson while attending Pima Community College and joined the reserves; moved to Texas before her unit was activated.
U.S. Army Pfc. Sam Williams Huff, 18. Died April 17, 2005 after her Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. She was assigned to 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, based in Fort Lewis, Wash. Graduating class of 2004 from Mountain View High.
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Kenneth E. Hunt Jr., 40. Died Oct. 12, 2005, in Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, from injuries received July 24 when the armored Humvee he was in was hit by an anti-tank mine in Al Taqaddum, Al-Anbar province west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. Graduating class of 1983 from Santa Rita High.
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas H. Byrd, 21. Died: Oct. 15, 2005, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a roadside bomb detonated near the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was in during combat operations. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based in Fort Benning, Ga. Graduating class of 2003 from Santa Rita High.
U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Vecchione, 25. Died: July 18, 2006, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a roadside bomb blew up near his tank. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment of the 1st Armored Division, based in in Friedberg, Germany. Graduating class of 1999 from Saguaro High School.
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Chadwick Thomas Kenyon, 20. Died: Aug. 20, 2006 in Al Anbar province of injuries suffered when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Graduating class of 2004 from Mountain View High School.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Budd M. Cote, 21. Died: Dec. 11, 2006 after the Humvee he was riding in was hit a roadside bomb in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, based out of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar, Calif. Attended Marana and Mountain View high schools before moving temporarily to Las Vegas. He returned to Tucson and attended Canyon del Oro High, dropped out and received his GED before joining the Marines.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell P. Borea, 38. Died: Jan. 19, 2007 when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Mosul. He was with the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Bliss, Texas. Graduating class of 1986 from Catalina Magnet High School.
U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Fennerty, 26. Died: Jan. 20, 2007 in Anbar Province when the vehicle in which he was riding was hit by a roadside bomb. Attended Fruchtendler Elementary School and St. Cyril's School.
U.S. Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek, 20. Died: Feb. 2, 2007 in Ramadi of injuries sustained when his troop came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, based in Giessen, Germany. Graduating class of 2004 from Mountain View High.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darrel Kasson, 43. Died: March 4, 2007 in Bayji, Iraq when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Humvee. Was deployed with the Arizona Army National Guard's 259th Engineer Company, based in Phoenix. He was a member of the Alpha Battery, 2-180th Field Artillery Battalion and was serving at Camp Anaconda in the Sunni Triangle. Graduating class of 1982 from Amphitheater High School.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Damian Lopez-Rodriguez, 19. Died: April 6, 2007 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Humvee. Army's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany. It deployed to Iraq in September. Graduating class of 2005 from Pueblo High School.
U.S. Army Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33. Died: May 14, 2008 when his vehicle struck improvised explosive device in Kadamiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas Graduating class of 1993 from Tucson High School, Class of 1993.
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert C. Hammett, 39. Died: June 24, 2008 when a bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
U.S. Army Joseph F. Gonzales, 18 died September 20, 2008 in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Gonzales attended Sunnyside High School, but dropped out after the 10th grade and enlisted in the Army in 2007 and in July 2008 was deployed to Afghanistan.
U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Kelly Cataudella, 28. Died: Aug. 30, 2003 in Ba'qubah near Tikrit, Iraq. Assigned to 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas. Graduating class of 1944 from Rincon High.
U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Biskie, 27. Died: Dec. 24, 2003 near Samarra, Iraq. He was assigned to 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, based in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Attended Tucson Junior Academy parochial school. In his junior year, he moved with his mother to Vermillion, Ohio, in 1993.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Paul Zurheide Jr., 20. Died: April 12, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. He was a rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, based in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Graduating class of 2001 from Desert View High.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeffrey David Lawrence, 22. Died July 6, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Graduating class of 2000 from Palo Verde High Magnet .
U.S. Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 25. Died: Sept. 25, 2004, Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion, based in Camp Howze, Korea. Lived in Tucson part of his youth, then Virginia, returning to Tucson in 2002.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua E. Lucero, 19. Died: Nov. 27, 2004 in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion of 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Graduating class of 2003 from Sunnyside High.
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Tina Time, 22. Died: Dec. 13, 2004, in southeast Iraq. She was ssigned to 208th Transportation Co., based in Tucson. Lived in Tucson while attending Pima Community College and joined the reserves; moved to Texas before her unit was activated.
U.S. Army Pfc. Sam Williams Huff, 18. Died April 17, 2005 after her Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. She was assigned to 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, based in Fort Lewis, Wash. Graduating class of 2004 from Mountain View High.
U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Kenneth E. Hunt Jr., 40. Died Oct. 12, 2005, in Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, from injuries received July 24 when the armored Humvee he was in was hit by an anti-tank mine in Al Taqaddum, Al-Anbar province west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. Graduating class of 1983 from Santa Rita High.
U.S. Army Spc. Thomas H. Byrd, 21. Died: Oct. 15, 2005, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a roadside bomb detonated near the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was in during combat operations. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based in Fort Benning, Ga. Graduating class of 2003 from Santa Rita High.
U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Vecchione, 25. Died: July 18, 2006, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a roadside bomb blew up near his tank. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment of the 1st Armored Division, based in in Friedberg, Germany. Graduating class of 1999 from Saguaro High School.
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Chadwick Thomas Kenyon, 20. Died: Aug. 20, 2006 in Al Anbar province of injuries suffered when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif. Graduating class of 2004 from Mountain View High School.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Budd M. Cote, 21. Died: Dec. 11, 2006 after the Humvee he was riding in was hit a roadside bomb in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, based out of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar, Calif. Attended Marana and Mountain View high schools before moving temporarily to Las Vegas. He returned to Tucson and attended Canyon del Oro High, dropped out and received his GED before joining the Marines.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell P. Borea, 38. Died: Jan. 19, 2007 when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Mosul. He was with the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Bliss, Texas. Graduating class of 1986 from Catalina Magnet High School.
U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Fennerty, 26. Died: Jan. 20, 2007 in Anbar Province when the vehicle in which he was riding was hit by a roadside bomb. Attended Fruchtendler Elementary School and St. Cyril's School.
U.S. Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek, 20. Died: Feb. 2, 2007 in Ramadi of injuries sustained when his troop came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, based in Giessen, Germany. Graduating class of 2004 from Mountain View High.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darrel Kasson, 43. Died: March 4, 2007 in Bayji, Iraq when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Humvee. Was deployed with the Arizona Army National Guard's 259th Engineer Company, based in Phoenix. He was a member of the Alpha Battery, 2-180th Field Artillery Battalion and was serving at Camp Anaconda in the Sunni Triangle. Graduating class of 1982 from Amphitheater High School.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Damian Lopez-Rodriguez, 19. Died: April 6, 2007 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Humvee. Army's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany. It deployed to Iraq in September. Graduating class of 2005 from Pueblo High School.
U.S. Army Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33. Died: May 14, 2008 when his vehicle struck improvised explosive device in Kadamiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas Graduating class of 1993 from Tucson High School, Class of 1993.
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert C. Hammett, 39. Died: June 24, 2008 when a bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
U.S. Army Joseph F. Gonzales, 18 died September 20, 2008 in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. Gonzales was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Gonzales attended Sunnyside High School, but dropped out after the 10th grade and enlisted in the Army in 2007 and in July 2008 was deployed to Afghanistan.
Killed in Afghanistan
U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Raymond Losano, 24. Died: April 25, 2003 in eastern Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to 14th Air Support Operations Squadron, based at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. and deployed to Afghanistan with 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, N.C. Attended business classes at Pima Community College.
U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth G. Ross, 24. Died: Sept. 25, 2005, in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan's Deh Chopan district, 180 miles southwest of Kabul. He was assigned to 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, based in Giebelstadt, Germany. Graduating class of 1999 from Mountain View High School.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles Browning, 31. Died: May 31, 2007 when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. He served with the Arizona Army National Guard's Gilbert-based B Company, 1-158th Infantry Battalion. Resident of Florence. Grew up in Tucson, graduated from Palo Verde High Magnet School.
U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Raymond Losano, 24. Died: April 25, 2003 in eastern Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to 14th Air Support Operations Squadron, based at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. and deployed to Afghanistan with 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, N.C. Attended business classes at Pima Community College.
U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth G. Ross, 24. Died: Sept. 25, 2005, in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan's Deh Chopan district, 180 miles southwest of Kabul. He was assigned to 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, based in Giebelstadt, Germany. Graduating class of 1999 from Mountain View High School.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles Browning, 31. Died: May 31, 2007 when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. He served with the Arizona Army National Guard's Gilbert-based B Company, 1-158th Infantry Battalion. Resident of Florence. Grew up in Tucson, graduated from Palo Verde High Magnet School.
Died from illness or noncombat injuries
U.S. Army Capt. Gilbert A. Munoz, 29. Died: Feb. 9, 2005 from a staph infection less than two weeks after returning from a scouting mission in Iraq. He was to lead a Special Forces team into Iraq to help train Iraqis to take over security of their country. He was with the Third Batallion of the 7th Special Forces Group, based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Tucson native and Salpointe Catholic High School class of 1994.
U.S. Army Spc. Scott Mullen, 22. Died: Oct. 14, 2005, in Makati City, The Republic of the Philippines, from injuries sustained while on leave in the country. He was stationed in the Philippines with the 5th Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, based in Fort Bragg, N.C Graduating class of 2002 from Catalina Foothills High School.
Marine Sgt. Aron C. Blum, 22. Died: Dec. 28, 2006 of an illness at Naval Medical Center in San Diego after being evacuated Dec. 8 from Al Anbar province. He was assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Air Station, based in Miramar, Calif. Graduating class of 2002 from Saguaro High School.
U.S. Army Capt. Gilbert A. Munoz, 29. Died: Feb. 9, 2005 from a staph infection less than two weeks after returning from a scouting mission in Iraq. He was to lead a Special Forces team into Iraq to help train Iraqis to take over security of their country. He was with the Third Batallion of the 7th Special Forces Group, based in Fort Bragg, N.C. Tucson native and Salpointe Catholic High School class of 1994.
U.S. Army Spc. Scott Mullen, 22. Died: Oct. 14, 2005, in Makati City, The Republic of the Philippines, from injuries sustained while on leave in the country. He was stationed in the Philippines with the 5th Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, based in Fort Bragg, N.C Graduating class of 2002 from Catalina Foothills High School.
Marine Sgt. Aron C. Blum, 22. Died: Dec. 28, 2006 of an illness at Naval Medical Center in San Diego after being evacuated Dec. 8 from Al Anbar province. He was assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Air Station, based in Miramar, Calif. Graduating class of 2002 from Saguaro High School.
