This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clairday, Stewart, Warner Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AmJBAIB/7225 Message Board Post: No. 1288-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DoD Identifies Marine Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the death of three Marines who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Jason S. Clairday, 21, of Camp, Ark. Cpl. Ian W. Stewart, 21, of Lake Hughes, Calif. Lance Cpl. Richard D. Warner, 22, of Waukesha, Wis. Clairday and Stewart died Dec. 12 as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Warner died Dec 13 from wounds received as a result of enemy action in Babil Province, Iraq. Clairday and Stewart were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Warner was assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, headquartered in Chicago, Ill. News media with questions about Clairday and Stewart can contact the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Public Affairs Office at (760) 725-5044. News media with questions about Warner can contact the Inspector/Instructor Staff, Milwaukee, Wis., at (414) 481-3860. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20041214-1824.html POSTER'S DISCLAIMER: I have no connection to this person. Posting is intended as an act of genealogical kindness. This post is not a political statement. Like any obituary this post is meant as a genealogical memorial to the life of a human being. No political viewpoint is being express.