Our Latest American Hero #65

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Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell, 20, of Bel Air, Md.; assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Feb. 7 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

"Fifth Female Marine Killed In Iraq"

A 20-year-old corporal who lists her mom as her hero in an online profile was identified by the Defense Department as the fifth female Marine killed in Iraq since 2003.

Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell, 20, was killed Feb. 7 “while supporting combat operations” in Anbar province, according to a Feb. 8 Defense Department release.

Parcell, of Bel Air, Md., was assigned to the Okinawa, Japan-based Combat Logistics Regiment 3. According to her profile on the networking Web site Myspace.com, Parcell was a landing support specialist.

Parcell had headlined her MySpace profile with “going to be chillin in Iraq for awhile,” and described herself as a 5-foot-2-inch yoga enthusiast who loved to “have fun doing nothing at all.”

Parcell last logged onto the site Jan. 29.

Four other female Marines have been killed in Iraq, according to Defense Department statistics.

Maj. Megan McClung, 34, was killed by a roadside bomb Dec. 6, 2006, while escorting media near Ramadi.

Lance Cpl. Juana NavarroArellano, 24, was killed during combat in Anbar province April 8, 2006.

Cpls. Holly Ann Charette, 21, and Ramona M. Valdez, 20, were killed when their convoy was hit by a car bomb June 23, 2005.