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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 208-06
March 13, 2006

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

            The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

            Lance Cpl. Bunny Long, 22, of Modesto, Calif., died
March 10 from a suicide, vehicle-borne, improvised explosive device in Al Anbar province, Iraq.  He was assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

            Media with questions about this Marine can call the 2nd Marine Division Public Affairs Office at 910-451-9033.