The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

           Cpl. Richard O. Quill III, 22, of Roswell, Ga., died Feb. 1 from a non-hostile cause in Al Anbar province, Iraq.  Quill was assigned to 2^nd Battalion, 4^th Marine Regiment, 1^st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

           For further information in regard to this release the media can contact the Camp Pendleton public affairs office at (760) 725-5044.