Camp Lejeune Marine dies in Iraq

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Camp Lejeune Marine dies in Iraq
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 19, 2008 7:24:18 EDT

MASHPEE, Mass — A 19-year-old Marine from Mashpee has died while fighting in Iraq.

The Defense Department said Friday that Pfc. Daniel A. C. McGuire died Thursday while supporting combat operations in Anbar province.

Details about his death weren’t immediately released. However, the military reported that a Marine was killed Thursday during a small-arms fire attack during security operations about a half of mile east of Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold in Anbar province that has seen a sharp decline in violence after local Sunnis turned against al-Qaida in Iraq.

McGuire was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Family and friends said McGuire, an Eagle Scout and the oldest of four brothers, enlisted in the Marine Corps not long after he graduated from Mashpee High School in 2007. They said he was sent to Iraq in March and was to return to the U.S. in November.


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uhc comment: To date four thousand one hundred forty three soldiers have died as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq --> http://icasualties.org/oif/

This is the third dead soldier from Mashpee --> http://capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080819/NEWS/808190323