Profiles of 7 Nev. Army depot explosion victims Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:18 pm, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 A mortar shell explosion Monday at an Army depot in Hawthorne, Nev., killed seven Marines and injured eight other servicemen. Ripperda was a football player while he attended high school in Highland, Ill., near St.