Marine Cpl. Adam O. Zanutto

Died March 6, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom

---

26, of Caliente, Calif.; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; died March 6 at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds sustained Feb. 25 when an improvised explosive device detonated in Anbar province, Iraq.

---

Marine dies from injuries at Bethesda medical center

Associated Press

WALKER BASIN, Calif. — A Marine on his third tour of duty in Iraq died from injuries sustained in a roadside bombing just weeks before returning home, his family said.

Marine Cpl. Adam Zanutto, 26, died March 6 at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where he was being treated for injuries he suffered Feb. 25 outside Baghdad.

Zanutto’s wife, Amber, whom he married on the Fourth of July, and his mother were at his side when he died.

“He made the ultimate sacrifice,” his brother, Scott Zanutto, said.