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Cpl. Jared Shoemaker

(reprinted from TulsaWorld.com, September 5, 2006)

Tulsa Marine killed in Iraq: Marine Cpl. Jared M. Shoemaker, 29, who was also a Tulsa police officer, was killed Monday by a roadside bomb.

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Byline: Nicole Marshall

Sep. 6--A Tulsa police officer serving in the Marines was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Monday, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

Marine Cpl. Jared M. Shoemaker, 29, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. He was mobilized from a reserve to active-duty status in December 2005 from the Anti-Tank Training Company in Broken Arrow.

Shoemaker was hired by the Tulsa Police Department on Jan. 3, 2005, and graduated from the police academy in June of that year. Shoemaker served as a patrol officer until he went on active duty with the military about six months later, Tulsa Police Officer Jason Willingham said.

While conducting combat operations in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Shoemaker's armored vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device about 11:15 a.m. Monday, according to a statement from the Marines.