Rest in Peace: Lance Cpl. David M. Branning and Army Spc. Thomas K. Doerflinger

A Marine from Cockeysville was killed during the fight for the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah in Iraq, the Pentagon said. Lance Cpl. David M. Branning, 21, was assigned to Hawaii-based 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. He was killed Friday by enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Department of Defense officials said in a news release. Branning is the second soldier from Maryland to die in less than a week in Iraq. On Thursday, Army Spc. Thomas K. Doerflinger, 20, died in Mosul when his unit came under small arms fire while conducting combat operations.