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New York street named after MarineSubmitted by: New York Public AffairsStory Identification Number: 2004227155430Story by Gunnery Sgt. John S. Jamison Jr. and Cpl. Beth Zimmerman NEW YORK(February 27, 2004) -- In a solemn, yet celebrative ceremony on the upper west side of Manhattan, the community of Washington Heights dedicated a street in the name of a Marine who was not yet a citizen of the United States when he was shot and killed during a firefight northeast of Baghdad April 11, 2003. Marine Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda, 26, was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, which...

Dorothy Oxendine presides over American Gold Star Mothers Inc., a national organization of women whose sons and daughters have died in military service to the nation. (Photo by Mark Abraham) AMERICAN IDENTITY With the Iraq War, a New Generation of Gold Star Mothers BY DELIA M. RIOS More stories by Delia M. Rios WASHINGTON -- As Dorothy Oxendine knows, the most dreaded words a parent can hear are "We regret to inform you ..." She lost her only son, Pfc. Willie F. Oxendine III, to a land mine in Vietnam on May 30, 1968. His death at age 21...

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.