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David Edward Owens Jr.

Winchester, Virginia

April 12, 2003

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Marines

L/Cpl

3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division

Camp Pendleton, California

Died of wounds received in action on April 12 in central Iraq.

AP News

David Edward Owens Jr. joined the Marines after high school to train to become a state trooper. He wasn't worried about going to Iraq, he told his parents. That's what he had been training for. Owens of Winchester, Va., and based at Camp Pendleton, died after being wounded in combat April 12.