Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick W. Schimmel

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Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick W. Schimmel, 21, of Winfield, Mo.

LCpl. Schimmel was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Aug. 9, 2009 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Also killed were Lance Cpl. Dennis J. Burrow and Lance Cpl. Javier Olvera.

St. Louis Today -- Lance Cpl. Patrick W. Schimmel, 21, was killed Sunday in the Afghanistan's Helmand province, according to the Defense Department.

Schimmel was one of three Marines from the same expeditionary force killed last weekend in combat in the province. All three were based at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The others were Lance Cpl. Javier Olvera, 20, of Palmdale, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Dennis J. Burrow, 23, of Naples, Fla.

The three had been assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Schimmel was a rifleman who joined the Marine Corps in 2006.

Schimmel was a 2006 graduate of Winfield High School, where he ran cross country. He had also been involved with the Boy Scouts.

Visitation for Schimmel will be 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Baue Funeral and Memorial Center in St. Charles. A funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Baue, with burial to follow at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick W. Schimmel was killed in action on 8/9/09.