From LtCol Smith:(to his wife and her friends) Ladies, It is with an extremely heavy heart and with much pain that I report to you the deaths of the following two heroes: 1. LCpl Richard D. Warner, Fox Co, 2nd Bn, 24th Marines, USMC 2. PFC Brent T. Vroman, Fox Co, 2nd Bn, 24th Marines, USMC Both were killed when an improvised explosive device, planted inside a parked vehicle in the market area of Yusufiyah, was detonated on their foot patrol. An Iraqi citizen was killed in the blast, and several more severely injured. The very market where local people...
