Hero Marker #17

Elijah M. Ortega, 19

Marines, Private
Based: Camp Lejeune, N.C.
2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: September 26, 2005
Camp Baharia (2 mi. southeast of Fallouja), Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Oxnard
Burial: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside

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