Marc Alan Lee, (March 20, 1978 - August 8, 2006) age 28, was a United States Navy Seal. He was the first seal to lose his life in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Lee was killed August 2, 2006 in a fierce firefight while on patrol against insurgents in Ramadi. Lee was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Valor and the Silver Star. On March 20, 2013, the Marc A. Lee Training Center building was dedicated at the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado.