Orville Gerena Quinones
Marine Cpl. Orville Gerena
Quinones,
21, Mayagüez,
Puerto Rico of
Virginia Beach, Va.
assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion,
2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary
Force,
Camp Lejeune, N.C.; killed Feb. 6 by an improvised explosive device while
conducting
combat operations in Hit, Iraq.
REST IN PEACE
21-year-old Va. Marine killed in Iraq
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach Marine was killed during combat in Iraq,
the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
Cpl. Orville Gerena, 21, died Feb. 6 from the blast of an improvised explosive
device while fighting in Hit, Iraq, a small city west of Baghdad. Another
Marine, Lance Cpl. Davis S. Parr of Benson, N.C., also was killed in the blast.
Both were members of the Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine
Regiment, 22nd Maine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force based at
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Gerena joined the Marine Corps in 2002 while living in Virginia Beach. He was
born in Puerto Rico.
Gerena had served at least two combat tours in Iraq, said Marine Corps spokesman
Staff Sgt. Angela Mink. He was awarded a Combat Action Ribbon, the Iraq Campaign
Medal and the Global War on Terrorism expeditionary and service medals.
— Associated Press
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