thedrifter
08-22-07, 02:42 PM
Lance corporal found dead in barracks bed
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Aug 22, 2007 13:14:34 EDT
A mortarman assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, at Twentynine Palms, Calif., was found dead in his barracks room bed at about 1 a.m. Monday with no indication of what killed him, Corps officials confirmed Tuesday.
The death of Lance Cpl. Ramiro Hernandez, 24, of Kern, Calif., is the subject of a criminal investigation, 1st Marine Division spokesman Capt. Miguel Alvarez said.
Hernandez’s death came less than a year after he enlisted in the Corps on Sept. 29.
“The loss of even a single Marine reverberates throughout the entire ranks, so the whole division mourns the loss of Lance Corporal Hernandez,” Alvarez said.
Ellie
By John Hoellwarth - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Aug 22, 2007 13:14:34 EDT
A mortarman assigned to 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, at Twentynine Palms, Calif., was found dead in his barracks room bed at about 1 a.m. Monday with no indication of what killed him, Corps officials confirmed Tuesday.
The death of Lance Cpl. Ramiro Hernandez, 24, of Kern, Calif., is the subject of a criminal investigation, 1st Marine Division spokesman Capt. Miguel Alvarez said.
Hernandez’s death came less than a year after he enlisted in the Corps on Sept. 29.
“The loss of even a single Marine reverberates throughout the entire ranks, so the whole division mourns the loss of Lance Corporal Hernandez,” Alvarez said.
Ellie