Branch of Service: United States Marine Corps
Date of Death: 22 July, 2010
Unit: Marine Aircraft Group 39
Hometown: Toms River, N.J.
The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
The following Marines died July 22 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo, 41, of Springfield, Ohio.
Maj. James M. Weis, 37, of Toms River, N.J.
Carazo and Weis were assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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