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Chicago marine dies

Posted by wlpo on April 8, 2012

A 21-year-old Marine from the Chicago suburb of Elgin has been killed in action. The U.S. Department of Defense says Corporal Alex Martinez died Thursday while conducting combat operations in southern Helmand province. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton, California and was on his second deployment to Afghanistan.

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