Editing Second Battle of Fallujah (section)

===Combat awards===
[[File:Gunnery Sergeant Ryan P. Shane shot while trying to rescue wounded Marine in Fallujah.jpg|upright=1.2|alt=A four-picture series of photographs. Clockwise from the upper left: A Marine tries dragging a wounded Marine down a city street; a sailor runs over to help him; the rescuing Marine is shot; both Marines lie wounded on the street.|thumb|In this series of photographs a Marine and Corpsman from [[1st Battalion 8th Marines]] attempt to recover a Marine wounded by a sniper; an insurgent machine-gunner hits one of the rescuers.<ref>{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=JoAnna M.|title=Photographing Fallujah|url=http://www.military.com/forums/0,15240,90858,00.html|access-date=4 December 2011|newspaper=Leatherneck Magazine via Military.com|date=14 March 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201213847/http://www.military.com/forums/0,15240,90858,00.html|archive-date=1 February 2012}}</ref>]]
Staff Sergeant [[David Bellavia]] of the Army Task Force 2-2 Infantry was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/bellavia|title=Staff Sergeant David Bellavia &#124; Medal of Honor Recipient|website=Army.mil|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>

Ten Marines were awarded the [[Navy Cross (United States)|Navy Cross]]:
*Sergeant [[Rafael Peralta]] of [[1st Battalion, 3rd Marines]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/09/marine_peralta_091708/|title=Peralta to be given Navy Cross posthumously|work=Marine Corps Times|date=22 September 2008|access-date=21 December 2008|first=Gidget|last=Fuentes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202015219/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/09/marine_peralta_091708/|archive-date=2 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*First Sergeant [[Bradley Kasal]] of [[3rd Battalion, 1st Marines]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/01/mcnavycross070119/ |title=Parris Island DI earns Navy Cross |newspaper=Marine Corps Times |date=19 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122150213/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/01/mcnavycross070119/ |archive-date=22 January 2007}}</ref>
*Sergeant Robert Mitchell, Jr. of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2006/07/29/marine-given-navy-cross/|title=Marine given Navy Cross|website=Ocregister.com|date=29 July 2006|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
*Corporal Jeremiah Workman of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3648|title=Jeremiah Workman - Recipient -|website=Valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
*Lance Corporal Christopher S. Adlesperger of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3651|title=Christopher Adlesperger - Recipient -|website=Valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
*Corporal Jason S. Clairday of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3653|title=Jason Clairday - Recipient -|website=Valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
*Sergeant Jarrett Kraft of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3640|title=Jarrett Kraft - Recipient -|website=Valor.militarytimes.com|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>
*Staff Sergeant [[Aubrey McDade]] of 1st Battalion, 8th Marines<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3637|title=Aubrey L. McDade, Jr.|work=Military Times|access-date=15 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107081955/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3637|archive-date=7 November 2014}}</ref>
*Staff Sergeant Shaun Zysk 2nd Force Recon Scout Sniper (Wounded by insurgent mortars after engaging a insurgent with a RPG from a rooftop 267 yards away)from{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
*Corporal Dominic Esquibel of 1st Battalion, 8th Marines

Corporal Esquibel refused the award, citing "personal reasons".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3631|title=Dominic Esquibel|work=Military Times|access-date=15 August 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130731104121/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=3631|archive-date=31 July 2013}}</ref>

The following were awarded the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] for actions during the battle:
*U.S. Army Task Force 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
*U.S. Army Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
*Naval Special Warfare Task Group-Central<ref name=taskforce2-2>{{cite web|url=http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,SS_051805_Honor,00.html|title=Troops Honored for Efforts at Fallujah|work=Stars and Stripes|first=Steve|last=Liewer|date=18 May 2005|access-date=21 December 2008}}</ref>