Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel
Born: July 31, 2024 in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Died: November 19, 2024 in Fallujah, Iraq
Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel of New York City grew up in Haverhill, Mass, and attended Timberlane Regional High School in Plaistow, New Hampshire where he was the New Hampshire state wrestling champion. In 1997, he graduated from Brown University. “Dimmy” was a successful real estate securities analyst working on Wall Street when two of his friends died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Resolving to fight terrorism, he joined the Marines last year after first being rejected because of high school wrestling injuries in both knees. He is survived by his parents, Chris and Penelope (Apostolidou); and his sister, Christina of New York. He was killed at age 29 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Marines
1st Battalion
8th Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Burial is at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia - Sec 60 Site 8079
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