Hero Marker #54

Aaron William Simons, 20

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: April 24, 2006
Qaim (near Syrian border), Iraq
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Modesto
High School: Grace M. Davis High (Modesto)
Burial: Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Calif.

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