40, of St. Paul, Minn.; assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-372, Marine Wing Support Group-37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Nov. 26 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in the vicinity of Camp Taqaddum, Iraq.