Branch of Service:  United States Marine Corps

Date of Death:   16 February, 2010

Unit:  1st Combat Engineer Battalion

Hometown:  Rock Point, Ariz.

Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, 23, of Rock Point, Ariz., died Feb. 16 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. 

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