Miami, Az., Native In Marine Corps Article

Pfc. Joshua C. Derhammer, a 19-year-old Marine mortar man from Miami, Ariz., was one of hundreds of Marines, sailors & soldiers who attended an Aug. 26th, 2006, memorial service for 2 Marines & a sailor in Rawah, Iraq. Cpl. Adam A. Galvez, a 21-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah; Lance Cpl. Randy L. Newman, a 21-year-old from Bend, Ore., & Hospitalman Chadwick T. Kenyon, a 20-year-old from Tucson, Ariz., were all killed in action Aug. 20th. All 3 men were part of the Twentynine Palms, Calif.-based Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, which spent 3 months living out of their 8-wheeled, armored troop carriers – Light Armored Vehicles – combating insurgents & roadside bombs in Fallujah earlier this year. The deaths of the 3 men came on the heels of the deaths of 4 other Marines from the very same platoon within Company D. During all of their exploits in eastern Al Anbar Province, no one from Company D was killed. All 6 of the battalion’s deaths occurred during combat operations in this region of western Al Anbar Province. “They were Dragoon’s warriors. They were real warriors,” said 1st Sgt. Willie T. Ward III, of Galvez, Kenyon & Newman during the ceremony. “They were Wolf Pack. They were my brothers. I loved them.”