2nd Bn 4th Marines Unit Sweatshirt $ 50. In November 2006, when the battalion was again sent toIraq, the friends made plans for their futures. The Marines of 2/4, however, were able to break insurgent momentum by killing an estimated 250 fighters between April 6 and 10. Download this stock image: CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Apr. 1201044046 2D BN 4TH . 2/4 also provided security for refugee camps aboard the U.S. Last but not least, H&S Company supported the retrograde by shipping 25 ISO containers of equipment back to Camp Leatherneck. The Laffly armored car (top center left) successfully . Jeffrey S. Loa, 32, of Waianae, Hawaii. The enemy lost nearly 1500 killed, while 2/4 suffered 81 dead and 397 wounded. Quill arrived with the company as a combat replacement. The exercise was part of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Juliet's operational readiness evaluation (ORE) and simulated point of injury . And they toasted their fallen brother, who spent summers as a boyat the very same Old Hickory lake housewhere they were now partying. 3RD MOTOR TRANS BN. During the 1972 Easter Offensive, 2/4 actively supported Vietnamese Marines, U.S. Army Rangers and U.S. advisors ashore, from nearby amphibious ships. Click here to go to our international version, Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Dickerson, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, Killed when his military vehicle hit a roadside bomb while traveling in a convoy in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 30, 2004, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Died due to hostile action in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 30, 2004, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Battery C, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Killed when a vehicle approached his unit and detonated a bomb while it was searching for roadside bombs on foot in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 29, 2004, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 29, 2004, 333rd Military Police Company, Illinois Army National Guard, Died of non-combat related injuries in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, on April 29, 2004, Company A, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when an apparent roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baquba, Iraq, on April 29, 2004, Company C, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Died from injuries sustained when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in Tal Afar, Iraq, on April 28, 2004, 62nd Detached Mechanized Battalion, 6th Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Army, Killed when his patrol was attacked by rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire near Kut, Iraq, on April 28, 2004, Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed in a vehicle accident in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 28, 2004, Died in a Baghdad hospital of wounds received when his armored personnel carrier was attacked by rocket-propelled grenades and machine-gun fire while on patrol near Kut, Iraq, on April 28, 2004, Company B, 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when his patrol came under sniper fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 27, 2004, Headquarters Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Killed when he fell out his vehicle after it was hit by a civilian truck and left hanging off the side of a bridge in Scania, Iraq, on April 27, 2004, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 26, 2004, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 103rd Armor Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Killed in a large explosion during a military raid looking for suspected "chemical munitions" at a building in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, on April 26, 2004, Detachment 1, 3rd Battalion, 304th Regiment, 98th Division, Army Reserve, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas Army National Guard, Killed when a roadside bomb and small-arms fire struck his vehicle while traveling in a convoy from Baghdad, Iraq, on April 25, 2004, Headquarters Company, 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas Army National Guard, Killed when mortar rounds hit his camp in Taji, Iraq, on April 24, 2004, Company A, 153rd Engineer Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard, Died of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 24, 2004, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, Tactical Law Enforcement Team, South Detachment 403, U.S. Coast Guard. It consists of approximately 1,100 marines and sailors. 203 were here. If he was exhausted, it was Tired Butch. Thereunions providea time for networking and fellowship. It was a combined amphibious/helicopterborne assault on enemy fortified positions of the Van Tuong Peninsula, 15 miles (24 km) south of the Chu Lai airstrip. There were also nine Navy Cross awarded at this time. Truly a Marine unit serving in every clime and place, after returning from Okinawa as part of the UDP in late 1985, 2/4 prepared in early 1986 as the main US ground maneuver element for cold weather operations above the Arctic Circle by training at the Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California; Fort McCoy, Sparta, Wisconsin, and; in March deploying to Troms, Norway, taking part in the NATO winter exercise Anchor Express. On the 14th Golf Company lose 5 men do to NVA artillery north of Com Lo. In December 1998 2/4 participated as the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) for the 31 Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC). Died on April 9, 2004. The Marines of Second Battalion, Fourth Marines were the first American combat troops to set foot in Mainland Japan, landing on Futtsu Cape. They fished and boated and drank caseloads of beer. The battalion then served as part of the Unit Deployment Program tour in Okinawa, mainland Japan, and the Philippines from April to December 2005 with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and in early 2006 they were designated the Battalion Landing Team for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Salem Bachar, 20, of Chula Vista, California. Tommy L. Parker, Marine Pfc. The . 5TH MARINES. It was a combined amphibious/helicopterborne assault on enemy fortified positions of the Van Tuong Peninsula, 15 miles (24km) south of the Chu Lai airstrip. Total Marines losses were put at 200 killed and over 1000 wounded. He was a mortarman by duty, but also a goofy guy with a sarcastic sense of humorwho loved two things most: working out in the gym and joking around. Maj. Booker, the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines conducted missions know as "IO's" (Information Operations) prior to the events of April 6, 2004. In the picture, hestandson the back of a moped in the mountains of Hawaii. From September to December 2001, 2/4 served as the Quick Reaction Force during Operation Noble Eagle for the western half of the United States in response to the 11 September attacks. The menhad finished their first tour in Iraq, survived Ar-Ramadi, and were now serving in a Unit Deployment Program tour in Okinawa, Japan. 4TH MARINES. But it was worse. Before the Gulf War, in August 1990, elements of 2/4 were deployed ashore to the US Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia as part of Operation Sharp Edge. The boyslike to call Quill by the nickname"Butch." After three days of bloody fighting the cost was very high for both sides. Donations can be madeto help fundthe annual Memorial Day reunions. Regards, Nick Veronico. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The Marines embarked on amphibious shipping on 21 August after having successfully completed a Non-combatant evacuation operation of 1,650 Americans and foreign nationals. Well done". 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. 1913). Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli, Killed when the small boat his seven-man team boarded exploded near Iraq's Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal in the Persian Gulf on April 24, 2004, Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher E. Watts, Killed in an ambush of a convoy in Karbala, Iraq, on April 23, 2004, Company B, 121st Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when his convoy vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Samarra, Iraq, on April 23, 2004, 724th Transportation Company, Army Reserve. He is the first Coast Guardsman killed in action since the Vietnam War. Here, theyall faced the same horrors together. ". Late in 1969, 2/4 was withdrawn to Okinawa as part of the United States policy of gradually turning the war over to the South Vietnamese. Six weeks later they left "Leatherneck Square" with about 300 men still fit for duty. The battalion's first assignment was to take part in the assault on Emirau Island. The weekends activities are relaxed and unscheduled. 2nd Battalion 4th Marines was once again committed to ground combat operations, this time in South Vietnam. Confusion on the beaches, particularly in the 2d Marine Division area, was compounded by the strength of a northerly current flow which caused the assault battalions of the 6th and 8th Marines to land about 400 yards too far north. During this operation, Captain Howard V. Lee (G Co.) became the battalion's second Medal of Honor recipient. You're doing combat and all that crazy s--t and then you gooff in the real world. The moniker of "The Magnificent Bastards" was first used by the incoming Battalion Commander, Lt.Col. On 18 September 1932 in Shanghai, China the new 2/4 was activated. On the 14th Echo Company lose 5 men do to NVA artillery north of Com Lo. The battalion arrived in the area around the second week of September. Their attacked failed and the Marines fell back, but were surprised when the NVA counterattacked. The NVA's losses were put at 2945 killed and 47 POW's. Interesting.very hard to know the 'who hit who'..Fort had enough flying time to be a instructor, I know nothing about the other pilot. As they returned to the lake, spending one more raucous night drinking on thewater's edge beneath the setting sun, they thought about next year. Morel left his vehicle and led an assault across an open field, forcing the insurgents to retreat. The exercise was part of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Juliet's operational readiness evaluation (ORE) and simulated point of injury . During which Fox and Echo company conducted operations in Ar Ramadi, while the BLT main body operated out of Haditha. The battalion arrived in the area around the second week of September. The 1st Battalion, 6th Marines (1/6) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. A new 2/4 would be activated in the future, but for lineage and honors purposes it would in no way be connected with the old 2/4. 2nd Battalion 1st Marines Logo USMC 2/1 THE PROFESSIONALS Plaque ErikECrafts (173) $49.99 FREE shipping 2nd Battalion 4th Marines Magnificent Bastards Patch - Plastic Backing SquadronNostalgia (465) $11.99 FREE shipping Patch , 9th Infantry Division Sniper 2nd Battalion 47th Inf Vietnam Panther , 20% off on next patches , nam war patch From then on until their departure in October, insurgent activity was still sporadic and nearly equal in ferocity as the initial battle of 6 and 7 April, therefore the deployment focused on counter-insurgency operations for the remainder of the tour. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Albany, New York. The two started going to the gym together, and in thosehours doing endless dead lifts and squats, they becamebest friends. 3155 Blackhawk Dr., Ste 701 Ft. Sheridan, IL 60037 Duty Phone: (504) 884-7165 NAVIGATION 4th MARDIV Home Command Inspector General (CIG) Subordinate Units 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion. As he fought his attacker, Dunham saw a grenade in the man's hand, shouted to warn other Marines and covered the device with his helmet. "Knowing that he walked around thissame area andhung out in thissame space, I think that's one of the things that's really powerful for us," says Derrick Kepler, one of Quill's best friends from the service. Her (and Roberts') son Robert Maze Jr is alive and well. They have scars across their bodies from the same enemies. "You'll never find this kind of brotherhood anywhere else," Kepler says. The illustrious history of 2/4 began in April 1914 during WWI when it was activated as 1 of 3 battalions of the 4th Marine Regiment Learn 2/4 History Missing Life Members & Contact Info Help us find various 2/4 Association Life Members. On February 1, the 2nd ARVN Airborne Battalion and the 7th ARVN Cavalry recaptured the Tay Loc airfield, but only after suffering severe casualties and the loss of 12 armored personnel carriers. The 1968 Tet Offensive resulted in an increase in fighting along the DMZ. During this period of bloody fighting Sergeant Paul H. Foster (CP) and Lance Corporal Jedh Colby Barker (Fox Co.) were awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumously) for their actions during these battles. Marines who served in Iraq together in 2004 came to Nashville to remember their fallen comrade, Richard Quill III, over the Memorial Day weekend.