PFC Luigi Marciante, Jr.

Army PFC Luigi Marciante, Jr., 25, of Elizabeth, NJ;

assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment,

4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, WA;

died September 20 in Muqdadiyah, Iraq of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

Died:  September 20, 2007