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Slain Marine's Mother Saw Body on TV .c The Associated Press RIALTO, Calif. (AP) - The mother of a Marine killed in Iraq said she learned of his death only when she saw his face as an Iraqi soldier showed off bodies of American casualties on TV. ``I said poor, poor boys. They fell there. But when I saw the face, it was that of my son,'' Rosa Gonzalez told Los Angeles television station KMEX on Tuesday. Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, was among several Marines killed over the weekend near the town of An Nasiriyah. He was assigned to...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.

Pentagon identifies 7 Marines killed in Iraq WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The Defense Department on Tuesday identified seven U.S. Marines killed in a firefight near the southern city of Nassiriya on Sunday, raising to 18 the total number of confirmed U.S. casualties in the Iraq war. The Pentagon named those killed as Sgt. Michael Blitz, 31, of Ventura, California; Lance Cpl. David Fribley, 26, of Lee, Florida; Cpl. Jose Garibay, 21, of Orange, California; Cpl. Jorge Gonzalez, 20, of Los Angeles; Staff Sgt. Phillip Jordan, 42, of Brazoria, Texas; 2nd Lt. Frederick Pokorney Jr., 31, of Nye, Nevada; and...