Cpl. Tommy L. Parker Jr.

United States Marine
KIA 21 Jun 2004
21, of Cleburne, Ark.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; killed June 21 killed in an ambush in Ramadi, Iraq, 60
miles west of Baghdad.
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This Memorial Page Established by-SFC Rod Brewer
In Honor Of CPL Tommy Parker Jr.

Corporal Tommy Parker Jr., 2/4 Marines, Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Sniper Team that had four KIAs on June 21, 2004. LCPL Deshon
Otey, LCPL Pedro Contreras, and LCPL Juan Lopez. Insurgents killed them
and stripped them of their weapons. Marine Snipers from the 3rd
Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment shot and killed an insurgent sniper and
spotter preparing to shoot 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. Stort in
Marine Corps News June 22, 2006. Christmas in Arlington... Rest easy,
sleep well my brother. 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.... Tommy, You Have Not Been Forgotten...
Semper Fi Teufelhunden. Rod.
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