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Casualty Info
Home Town Temecula
Last Address Makhmur, Iraq
Casualty Date Mar 19, 2016
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Iraq
Conflict Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR)
Location of Interment Riverside National Cemetery (VA) - Riverside, California
2nd Battalion, 6th Marines (2/6) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Also known as "The Ready Battalion" or "2/6 Spartans", it consists of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors and falls under the command of the 6th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
The mission of the battalion is to locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or repel the enemy's assault with fire and close combat.