This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henderson Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yNi.2ACEB/5508 Message Board Post: No. 518-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2004 DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. <snip> Cpl. Matthew C. Henderson, 25, of Lincoln, Neb. Both Marines died May 26, due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. They were assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. For further information related to this release, contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20040527-0839.html Please follow link for the complete news release. ________________________________________ Disclaimer: Not related to this person. This news release is being submitted for its genealogical value: name, age, hometown, date, place and cause of death, and military service. No political viewpoint is being expressed.