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LCpl. Shane Harris

(reprinted from FreeNewMexican.com, September 6, 2006)

Las Vegas marine killed in Iraq

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) - A Marine lance corporal from Las Vegas, N.M., has been killed in Iraq.

Shane P. Harris, 23, was the 22nd member of the military from New Mexico to die in the war since it began in March 2003. As of Tuesday, at least 2,657 American soldiers and Marines have been killed in Iraq.

The U.S. Department of Defense said Tuesday that Harris was killed Sunday during combat operations in Al Anbar province. The military provided no further details.

Harris was assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force based in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

He was a volunteer firefighter with the Cabo Lucero department southwest of Las Vegas, a fire dispatcher said.

"He was a terrific firefighter," said Jim Nix, a dispatcher.

Cabo Lucero's fire chief, Larry Franken, said Harris' parents, Carol and Pat Harris, live in the Las Vegas area and that Harris' father and the Marine's brothers, Ryan and Logan Harris, also serve with the department.

"He'll be dearly missed. There's nothing worse than parents losing their child," Franken said.