"Dark Horse" 3d Battalion, 5th Marines

Request for Prayer!

We are asking everyone to say a prayer for the "Dark Horse" 3d Battalion, 5th Marines and their families. 

Between 8 October 2010 and its April 2011 return home, the 3/5 lost 24 Marines while conducting Operation Enduring Freedom combat operations in Helmand province: 

• Sgt. Jason G. Amores, 29, of Lehigh Acres, Florida, died 20 January 2011
• Cpl. Tevan L. Nguyen, 21, of Hutto, Texas, died 28 December 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Kenneth A. Corzine, 23, of Bethalto, Illinois, died 24 December 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Jose L. Maldonado, 21, of Mathis, Texas, died 17 December 2010.
• Sgt. Jason D. Peto, 31, of Vancouver, Washington, died 7 December 2010.
• Cpl. Derek A. Wyatt, 25, of Akron, Ohio, died 6 December 2010.
• Pfc. Colton W. Rusk, 20, of Orange Grove, Texas, died 6 December 2010.
• Sgt. Matthew T. Abbate, 26, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died 2 December 2010.
• 1st Lt. William J. Donnelly IV, 27, of Picayune, Mississippi, died 25 November 2010.
• Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, 20, of Arlington Heights, Ill, died 10 November 2010.
• 2nd Lt. Robert M. Kelly, 29, of Tallahassee, Florida, died 9 November 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Randy R. Braggs, 21, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, died 6 November 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Brandon W. Pearson, 21, of Arvada, Colorado, died 4 November 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Matthew J. Broehm, 22, of Flagstaff, Arizona, died 4 November 2010.
• Sgt. Ian M. Tawney, 25, of Dallas, Oregon, died 16 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. James D. Boelk, 24, of Oceanside, California, died 15 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Joseph C. Lopez, 26, of Rosamond, California, died 14 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, 19, of Byron, Illinois, died 14 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Irvin M. Ceniceros, 21, of Clarksville, Arkansas, died 14 October 2010.
• Pfc. Victor A. Dew, 20, of Granite Bay, California, died 13 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Joseph E. Rodewald, 21, of Albany, Oregon, died 13 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. Phillip D. Vinnedge, 19, of Saint Charles, Mo, died 13 October 2010.
• Cpl. Justin J. Cain, 22, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, died 13 October 2010.
• Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, died 8 October 2010.

Dark Horse Battalion was rotated back to the U.S. in April 2011. Its place in Afghanistan was taken by the1st Battalion,  5th Regiment, also from Camp Pendleton.