CPL Joseph P. Bier

Marine CPL Joseph P. Bier, 22, of Centralia, Wash.;

assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division,

I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.;

attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward);

killed Dec. 7 by an improvised explosive device while

conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.

Died:  December 7, 2005