Name: Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Goodrich Age: 32 From: Allegheny, Pa. Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Moundsville, W.Va. attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Incident: Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Goodrich was killed July 10 by enemy indirect fire while conducting combat operations in Hit, Iraq.
Died:
July
10, 2005
Marines honored with newly installed plaque
Associated Press
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — A plaque honoring four Marines killed in Iraq last year has been installed at the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center.
Friends and relatives gathered Sunday at the plaque dedication to remember Cpl. Bryan J. Richardson, 23, of Summersville Cpl. Joseph Tremblay, 23, of New Windsor, N.Y. Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Goodrich, 32, of Pittsburgh and Lance Cpl. Ryan Kovacicek, 22, of Washington, Pa.
The four were members of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, a Reserve unit, based in Moundsville.
The plaque bears their photographs and metal name tags, along with a carved wooden relief of a Marine emblem and their company’s name.
Richardson and Tremblay died in separate incidents in March 2005 when their vehicles hit land mines. Goodrich and Kovacicek died in a...
Prayers & Condolences For: Joseph P. Goodrich BY johnno42 on Aug 20, 2005
Thank you for your service to our country. We are the land of the free....only because of the BRAVE!! Sympathies to the family and God Bless SEMPER FI!