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Marine Lance Cpl. Kurt E. Dechen
Died August 3, 2006 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom
24, of Springfield, Vt.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, while attached to Regimental Combat Team 5, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Aug. 3 of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq.