Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez
United States Marine
KIA 21 Jun 2004
22, of Whitfield, Ga.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed June 21 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
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This Memorial Page Established by-SFC Rod Brewer
In Honor Of LCPL Juan Lopez

Lance Corporal Juan Lopez, 2/4 Marines, Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Sniper Team had four KIAs on June 21, 2004. LCPL Pedro
Contreras, LCPL Deshon Otey and CPL Tommy Parker Jr. Insurgents killed them
and stripped them of their weapons. Marine snipers from 3rd Battalion,
5th Marine Regiment shot and killed an insurgent sniper and spotter
preparing to shoot at passing Marines, June 16, 2006. And the insurgents
were going to use a stolen Marine sniper rifle for the attack. That
rifle- an M40A1- belonged to the "Magnificent Bastards" of 2/4. Story Marine
Corps News June 22, 2006. Christmas in Arlington... Rest easy, sleep
well my brothers. Know the line has held, your job is done. Rest easy,
sleep well. Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.
Peace, peace, and farewell.... Juan, You Have Not Been Forgotten.... Semper
Fi Teufelhunden.... Rod.
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