They were on patrol in a convoy when they were hit by what they told me was a roadside bomb. It wounded him pretty bad.

I don't like that he got a hit off me, ... I told him when I was at Fresno, 'Just keep pitching like you're pitching and you'll be successful for a long time.'

Another roadside bomb exploded at about 9:00 a.m. (0600 GMT) in the Camp Sarah area in southeastern Baghdad shortly after an Iraqi army convoy passed by.

His daddy is taking it real, real hard.

He was a fellow that touched a lot of lives around Ferriday. He was a good Christian boy. He loved the church and he loved the Marines, and he made the sacrifice.

Two vehicles got destroyed on the same patrol.