Starr, Bill, The Marines of 2/4 were also set up in a defense at and around Muttla ridge, in Kuwait, to act as a deterrent for any Iraqi attack on Kuwait that might have followed the air campaign. Total casualties for Operation Kingfisher were 340 Marines killed, over 3,000 Marines wounded. Caught in between the two Marine units, the enemy suffered over 80 dead in nine days of fighting. In December 1998 2/4 participated as the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) for the 31 Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC). The battalion was directed to safeguard mail transported by rail and truck west of the Mississippi river. 3RD MP BN. On the way, they stopped to get flowers andbeer. Elements of the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, were flown to an advanced staging of a joint US Task Force. He suffered severe head wounds and died April 22 at a military hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The Laffly armored car (top center left) successfully . 1201044045 2D BN 4TH MARINES - COMMAND CHRONOLOGY Covering Aug-65 dated 8/1/1965 Document No. (, Company C, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Died April 20, 2004, in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries he received on March 14, 2004, when his military vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Iraq, Headquarters Company, 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard, Killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq, on April 20, 2004, 596th Maintenance Company, 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps, Died when his truck went off the road and rolled over because of limited visibility and dangerous driving conditions north of Tallil, Iraq, on April 20, 2004, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died due to injuries received from enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 18, 2004, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Died when he was electrocuted while performing routine generator maintenance in Samarra, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Armored Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Died when the track of the tank he was in broke, the driver lost control and the tank rolled off a bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, Died due to injuries received from enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Killed when his convoy was ambushed in Diwaniya, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company, Kentucky Army National Guard, Killed when his convoy tried to avoid an overturned trailer and came under small-arms attack in Diwaniya, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Company C, 115th Forward Support Battalion, Division Support Command, 1st Cavalry Division, Died in when a roadside bomb exploded near his patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, Killed when his armored personnel carrier hit a roadside bomb in Iskandariya, Iraq, on April 17, 2004, Company A, 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Died when his military vehicle pulled off the road and apparently hit a mine while on patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, on April 16, 2004, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died in a non-combat related vehicle accident northeast of Ramadi, Iraq, on April 15, 2004, Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Died from injuries sustained during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 14, 2004, 334th Signal Battalion, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Died when he collapsed during physical training in Mosul, Iraq, on April 14, 2004, Company C, 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy vehicle in Balad, Iraq, on April 14, 2004, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 13, 2004, Company A, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his escort vehicle in Iraq on April 13, 2004, Died from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 12, 2004, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 11, 2004, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Killed when his patrol was ambushed in Samarra, Iraq, on April 11, 2004, Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when his AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was shot down by a surface-to-air missile west of Baghdad International Airport on April 11, 2004, Chief Warrant Officer Wesley C. Fortenberry, Company C,1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Headquarters & Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died due to enemy fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 11, 2004, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Killed when his convoy was ambushed with small-arms fire while on patrol near Baghdad, Iraq, on April 11, 2004, Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Died of shrapnel wounds he received when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Humvee he was traveling in near Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2004, F Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when he was on an anti-mortar mission and there was an explosion of unknown origin in Baquba, Iraq, on April 10, 2004, Died April 10, 2004, as a result of injuries sustained when a mortar round hit his tent at Balad Air Field, Iraq, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when his patrol vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 10, 2004, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 10, 2004, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Killed by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, Company C, 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard, Killed when a roadside bomb and small-arms fire struck his mounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his patrol vehicle in Bayji, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, Killed when a fuel convoy was attacked near Baghdad International Airport by Iraqi insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire on April 9, 2004, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Died when a rocket-propelled grenade struck him while on patrol in Bayji, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, Died April 9, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained when his patrol was ambushed near Baghdad a day earlier, Headquarters & Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died from hostile fire in Iraq on April 9, 2004, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Killed when individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire attacked his convoy in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, L Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Company C, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle in Barez, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, 32nd Military Police Company, Wisconsin Army National Guard, Killed when she became involved in a roadside bomb and small-arms attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2004, 11th Combat Service Support Group, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died due to injuries received from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 8, 2004, Weapons Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died due to enemy fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 8, 2004, Company A, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Killed when Iraqi insurgents attacked his combat patrol with a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in Bani Saad, Iraq, on April 8, 2004, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Headquarters Detatchment, 296th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Died in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, of injuries sustained on April 4 when her convoy vehicle was hit with a roadside bomb in Mosul, Iraq, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Died due to injuries received from hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, E Troop, 151st Cavalry Squadron, 39th Infantry Brigade, Arkansas Army National Guard, Killed when his camp was attacked with rockets and small-arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, C Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Shot and killed while on traffic control duty in Balad, Iraq, on April 7, 2004, Company B, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. During this deployment, over 2,500 Haitian immigrants were processed aboard the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), CMV Ivan Franco, and CMV Griuzy. In April 1967, 2/3 was flown to Khe Sanh and walked north up into the DMZ and participated in one of the bloodiest fights, later to be known as The Hill Fights. The battalion moved to MCB Camp Lejeune to join the 2nd Marine Regiment in October 1981; they began participating in the Unit Deployment Program (UDP), returning to Camp Schawb, Okinawa after 9 months at Camp Lejeune. 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th .
