Mercado, Raul
Marines Lance corporal

Raul Mercado, age 21, from Monrovia, California, Los Angeles county.

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Monrovia High
Military history: 2D Maint Bn, (Clb-8), 2D Mlg, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Enlisted in 2004

Date of death: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Death details: Killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol near the village of Karmah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Los Angeles Times, Military Times