LOS ANGELES � The last time Capt. Sean Lee Brock spoke to his mother from Iraq, he told her he was worried because it was eerily quiet and �when it gets quiet like that, something happens.�

Brock, 29, of Redondo Beach was fatally wounded in combat in Iraq�s Anbar province six hours after that phone call, his family said. He died Feb. 2, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

The Marine�s wife of two years and his mother remembered the trim, dark-haired Marine this week, who loved scuba diving and soccer.

�Family was so important,� said his mother, Anita Brock, on Monday. �He was an excellent friend. And just loyal.�

Brock was able to remain close to family, even after joining the Marines when a typo put him and his fraternal twin Rayme in the same boot camp in San Diego, his brother said. Although twins are usually separated, Rayme Brock�s...